General
Legacy ID
201
Chapter 6: Transportation Safety
PDF: Chapter 6: Transportation Safety Highlights In 2013, on average, about 95 people were killed and nearly 6,400 people injured per day in transportation-related crashes. Transportation safety has been improving in recent decades, averaging 27 fewer...Chapter 5: Transportation Economics
PDF: Chapter 5: Transportation Economics Highlights Total spending on transportation fell in 2008 after the onset of the 2007–2009 economic recession, returning in 2014 to the pre- recession level. In total, the public and private sectors spent $125.7...Chapter 4: Transportation System Performance
PDF: Chapter 4: Transportation System Performance Highlights The average annual delay per commuter rose from 26 hours in 1990 to 42 hours in 2014—a 62 percent increase. The total number of hours of delay experienced by all commuters across the Nation reached...Chapter 3: Moving Goods
PDF: Chapter 3: Moving Goods Highlights The U.S. freight transportation system moved 55.0 million tons of goods valued at more than $49.3 billion each day in 2013—about 63.4 tons of freight per capita per year. This was an increase of 2.0 percent from 2012...Chapter 2: Moving People
PDF: Chapter 2: Moving People Highlights In 2013 total domestic person-miles of travel was about 4.7 trillion. Nearly four- fifths of person-miles was in cars or other personal vehicles, while domestic air travel accounted for 11 percent. In 2013 person-...Chapter 1: Extent and Physical Condition of the U.S. Transportation System
PDF: Chapter 1: Extent and Physical Condition of the U.S. Transportation System Highlights The Nation’s transportation assets were valued at approximately $7.7 trillion in 2013, an increase of 13.6 percent over 2010 estimates. Publicly owned infrastructure...Introduction
The Transportation Statistics Annual Report describes the Nation’s transportation system, the system’s performance, its contributions to the economy, and its effects on people and the environment. This 20th edition of the report is based on information collected or compiled by...
Notes
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Acknowledgments
Anthony Foxx Secretary of Transportation
Victor Mendez Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Gregory Winfree Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Patricia Hu Director
Rolf Schmitt Deputy Director...