Chapter 2: Passenger Travel

The U.S. passenger transportation system has grown in both extent and use over the last several decades, despite a recent decline in overall transportation activity due to the 2007–2009 economic recession. This expansion is in response to long-term growth in the number of people who travel as...

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Appendix A

Figure 8-8 Median Annual Wage and Employment for Most Common Transportation Occupations (top 3) in the Government Sector, 2014

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NOTE: Top three transportation occupations are the transportation occupations employing the largest number of workers and are selected from detailed occupation group in Bureau of Labor Statistics...

Figure 8-7 Number of Workers Employed in the Government Sector by Occupation, 2014

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Figure 8-6 Top 5 Most Required Inputs by the Government Sector to Produce a Dollar of Output, 2012

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Satellite Accounts, available at http://www.bts.gov as of March 2016.

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Figure 8-5 Transportation Required Per Dollar of Output by the Government Sector, 2012

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NOTE: In-house transportation consists of transportation services (air, rail, truck, and water) provided by nontransportation industries for their own use. For-hire transportation consists of the...

Figure 8-4 Government Sector’s Use of Transportation by Mode, 2012 (current dollars, millions)

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NOTE: In-house transportation consists of transportation services (air, rail, truck, and water) provided by nontransportation industries for their own use. For-hire transportation consists of the...

Figure 8-3 Use of Transportation by the Government Sector, 2012 (current dollars, billions)

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NOTE: In-house transportation consists of transportation services (air, rail, truck, and water) provided by nontransportation industries for their own use. For-hire transportation consists of the...

Figure 8-2 State Contributions to Government Related GDP (percent of national GDP related to government), 2014

NOTE: Data not available for Delaware, District of Columbia, or Rhode Island.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product by State,...