Table 1-1 Selected U.S. Demographics and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Census Region: 2000, 2010, and 2013

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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 5: Safety, Energy, and Environmental Impacts of Passenger Travel

The number of passenger transportation fatalities has declined in recent decades. Compared to 1990, there were about 12,500 fewer fatalities in 2013—94.5 percent of this reduction is attributable to highway travel. Highway safety enhancements, which include human factors, roadway...

Chapter 4: Economic Characteristics of Passenger Travel and Tourism

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...

Chapter 3: Passenger Transportation System

The passenger transportation system is a network of highways, railroads, airports, public transit systems, and waterways that serves over 300 million U.S. residents and foreign visitors. It comprises more than 4 million miles of roads, 11,...

Chapter 2: Passenger Travel

The U.S. passenger transportation system has grown in both extent and use over the last several decades despite a recent decline in overall transportation activity due to the 2007–2009 economic recession. This expansion is in response to long-term growth in the number of people who...

Chapter 1: A Nation Driven by Travel

Over 300 million residents use the Nation’s transportation system every day. Driven primarily by where people live and work, travel demand changes as our Nation grows.

Between 2000 and 2013, the U.S. population grew by 12.2 percent, from 282 million to 316 million. Metropolitan...

Acknowledgements

U.S. Department of Transportation

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...

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