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General

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Quality Assurance Statement

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provides high quality information to serve government, industry, and the public in a manner that promotes public understanding. Standards and policies are used to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility and integrity of its...

Preface

Passenger Travel Facts and Figures is a snapshot of the characteristics and trends of personal travel in the United States; the network over which passenger travel takes place; and the related economic, safety, and environmental aspects of passenger travel. An electronic version of this...

Chapter 4: Economic Characteristics of Passenger Travel and Tourism

Economic Trends in Passenger Travel

In 2013 transportation overall contributed to 9.5 percent of the Nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), amounting to nearly $1.6 trillion spent on transportation annually. Over the last two decades, the share of spending on transportation goods...