Table 2-2 Average Daily Person-Miles Traveled by Age and Gender: 1995, 2001, and 2009
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Age Total 1995 2001 2009 Total 38.7 40.2 36.1 Under 16 25.0 24.5 25.3 16 to 20 36.4...General
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Table 2-1 U.S. Passenger-Miles Traveled by For-Hire Mode: 2000, 2010, and 2013
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Air,...Table 1-1 Selected U.S. Demographics and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Census Region: 2000, 2010, and 2013
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2000 2005 2010 2013 Percent change, 2000 to 2013 Civilian labor force (thousands) 142,583 149,320 153,889 155,389 9.0...Quality Assurance Statement
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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
Economic Trends in Passenger TravelIn 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
Overview of the Passenger Transportation SystemThe 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...