Figure 4-7 Average Total Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile: 1990–2014

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NOTES: U.S. average total costs include fixed ownership costs (insurance, license, registration, taxes, depreciation, and finance charges) plus variable operating costs (fuel, maintenance, and tires). All figures reflect the average cost of...

Figure 4-6 Percent Change in Consumer Prices: 2014–2015

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1 Indexes on a December 1997 = 100 base. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample size. 3 Indexes on a December 1984 = 100 base.

4 Indexes on a December 2005 = 100 base.

NOTES: Based...

Figure 4-5 Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices: January 1995–February 2016

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NOTE: Gasoline prices include weekly U.S. regular all formulations retail gasoline prices. Diesel prices include weekly U.S. No. 2 diesel retail prices.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Agency,...

Figure 4-4 Average Household Expenditures by Spending Category: 2014

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1 Includes alcoholic beverages, entertainment, personal care products and services, reading, education, tobacco products and smoking, miscellaneous, cash contributions and others.

2 Values for public transportation are...

Figure 4-3 Passenger Transportation Services Index: January 2000–December 2015

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1 The passenger Transportation Services Index (TSI) includes local transit, intercity passenger rail, and passenger air transportation,

that have been weighted to yield a monthly measure of transportation services...

Figure 4-2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Highway Passenger Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT): 1990–2014

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1 Highway passenger VMT includes light duty vehicles, motorcycles, and buses.

NOTE: VMT data are based on State highway agency estimates reported for the various functional systems and include rural and urban areas in...

Figure 4-1 Percent of GDP by Spending Category: 1991–2014

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1 Other includes all other categories (e.g. entertainment, personal care products and services, and payments to pension plans).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National...

Figure 3-11 Amtrak Delay by Responsible Party: FY2015

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Percent of delayed time

NOTES: Amtrak-responsible delays include all delays that occur when operating on Amtrak-owned tracks and all delays for mechanical failure, passenger handling, holding for connections, train servicing, and...

Figure 3-10 Amtrak On-Time Performance: FY2000–FY2015

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NOTES: On-time performance is a percentage measure of train performance. A train is considered on-time if it arrives at the final destination, or end-point, within an allowed number of minutes, or tolerance, of its scheduled arrival time....

Figure 3-9 Stations Compliant with the Americans with Disability Act: 2000–2014

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NOTE: Transit bus data for years before 2006 are omitted because they are not comparable to later years due to a change in the number of reported stations. Transit bus includes local motor bus, commuter bus, and bus rapid transit. Light...