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4-4 U.S. Airport Delays by Cause: 2014

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aIncludes weather events that prevent flying. Other weather delays that slow operations are included under other categories. bDelay resulting from a previous flight with the same aircraft arriving late.

Key: NAS =...

4-3 U.S. Airport On-time Performance: 1995–2014

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Note: Flights arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival time are on time.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, available at www...

4-2 Top 10 Urban Congested Area Rankings: 2014

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Note: The Methodology was updated to reflect more comprehensive data collection efforts for each of the 471 U.S. urban areas.

Source: Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, available...

4-1 Road Congestion: 1985–2014

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Notes: The methodology used to calculate congestion performance measures was updated to reflect more comprehensive data collection including congestion estimates for each of the 471 U.S. urban areas.

Source: Texas A...

4 Performance

The physical capacity of the U.S. transportation system has not kept pace with growth in travel and commerce. The resulting congestion and delays have significant impacts on passengers and freight shippers.

4-1 Road Congestion: 1985–2014 4-2 Top 10 Urban Congested Area Rankings: 2014...

3-8 Top 10 International Trade Gateways: 2014

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Key: A = airport; L = land port; W = water port.

Notes: Air gateways include a low level (generally less than 3% of the total value) of freight shipped through small user-fee airports located in the same area as the...

3-7 Top 10 World Container Ports: 2013

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Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Source: American Association of Port Authorities, World Port Rankings, available at www.aapa-ports.org as of September 2015.

3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2013

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Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Note: Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade. Excludes foreign empty TEUs.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center...

3-5 Top 5 Truck Ports of Entry: 2014

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Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at transborder.bts.gov as of September 2015.