Chapter 3: Moving Goods

Box 2-B Health and Transportation

Transportation and public health interact in several ways, such as in the areas of public safety and exposure of the public to air pollution. In this regard, there has been improvement in some critical indicators of transportation’s health impacts over the last several decades....

Figure 2-14a and b How Workers (Below the Poverty Level) Get To Work: 2012

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a Public transportation category includes workers who used a bus or trolley bus, streetcar or trolley car, subway or elevated, railroad, or ferryboat. b Other means includes ferryboats, surface trains, and van service and other means not...

Figure 2-13 Intermodal Passenger Facilities by Mode: September 2013

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NOTES: Types of connections include: a. Ferry (transit and intercity), b. Bus (intercity, transit, code share, and supplemental), c. Rail (intercity, light, heavy, and commuter), and d. Air. Type of facilities include: a....

Figure 2-12 Total Time Spent Traveling on Weekdays and Weekends: 2003–2013

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NOTE: Activities are based on American Time Use Survey Activity Lexicon 2011 definitions. Weekdays exclude holidays. Weekends and holidays includes the following: New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day,...

Figure 2-11 Daily Person-miles of Travel (PMT) by Age Group: 1983, 1990, and 1995 NPTS, and 2001 and 2009 NHTS

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NOTES: 1990 person trips were adjusted to account for survey collection method changes. Please see Appendix 2 of 2001 Summary of Travel Trends for specifics.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway...

Figure 2-10 Person-Miles of Travel per Household by Income Level: 2009 NHTS

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2009 National Household Travel Survey, Online Analysis Tool. Available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/ as of June 2015.

Box 2-A Impact of Gas Prices on Transit Ridership

Transit ridership has increased dramatically over the past few years. Gas prices paid by drivers also increased dramatically until recently. The USDOT Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (formerly known as RITA) and the California DOT cosponsored a study to...

Figure 2-9 U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT): 1990-2013

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NOTE: Shaded areas indicate economic recessions.

SOURCE: GDP: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis as cited U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS),...

Table 2-5 Motorcoach Carriers, Coaches, Trips, and Passenger Miles: 2010–2013

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