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State of Transportation Statistics

 

Extensive data are available on local passenger travel and most long-distance freight movement, but data gaps exist for long-distance travel, domestic movement of international trade, and local freight movement. Cost data are available for most forms of passenger...

Transportation Energy Use and Environmental Impacts

 

Despite transportation’s continued dependence on petroleum, recent trends show decreasing import dependence, sharply reduced emissions of air pollutants, and small reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. U.S. dependence on imported oil decreased from a high of 60.3...

Transportation Safety

 

In 2013, on average, throughout the United States about 95 people were killed and nearly 6,400 people were injured each day in transportation-related crashes. Transportation safety has been improving in recent decades, averaging 27 fewer fatalities and nearly 2,400...