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Rail Fatalities

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Improving safety is the top priority of the United States Department of Transportation. The number of railroad deaths (excluding public highway crossings) continues a downward trend. For the five-year period of 2003-2007...

Air Fatalities

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Improved safety is the foremost goal of the United States Department of Transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates safety, and the National Transportation Safety Board (independent of the U.S. DOT) leads...

Highway Fatalities

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Quarterly data

Improved safety is the foremost goal of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and highway fatalities accounted for 94% of all transportation fatalities in 2011. (BTS, National Transportation Statistics) Motor vehicle fatalities were the leading...

List of figures and tables

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Table 1. Daily vehicle miles traveled per household, 2009 Table 2. Holidays with Activity Affecting Months Other than Holiday Month Table 3. Model for Seasonally Adjusting Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Table 4. Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), January 2000 - November 2014 Figure 1...

Seasonally Adjusting Vehicle Miles Traveled

Vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) are key data for highway planning and management, and a common measure of roadway use. Along with other data, VMT are often used in estimating congestion, air quality, and potential gas-tax revenues, and can provide a general measure of the level of the nation’s...

Capital Expenditures

National Highway Construction Cost Index State and Local Government Transportation Construction Value

System Performance

U.S. Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled U.S. Major Air Carriers On-time Performance Amtrak On-Time Performance

Freight Usage

U.S. Air Carrier Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles

Passenger Usage

U.S. Airline Passengers U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor Amtrak Ridership Amtrak Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor Transit Ridership