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Physical Condition

With respect to the physical condition of the U.S. Transportation System:

The condition of the U.S. transportation infrastructure is improving, but additional work is needed. The percentage of structurally deficient bridges declined from 12.3 percent in 2007 to 11...

Recent Trends

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics compiles trends and other statistics in its online publication—National Transportation Statistics [USDOT BTS 2014].

Among the trends:

Lane-miles increased 0.4 percent between...

Overview

The transportation system of the United States connects 118.7 million households, 7.4 million business establishments, and 89 thousand governmental units with one another and the rest of the world through 4 million miles of roads, more than 19,000 public and private...

Glossary

Air carrier: Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.

Chained dollars: A method to measure real changes in dollar values between years that uses chain-type indexes, rather than constant dollars. The method first calculates the real changes between...

7-9 Hybrid Vehicle Sales: 2000–2013

Graphic Version | Excel

Year Thousands of hybrid sales Light duty vehicle sales (thousands) Hybrid market share (percent) 2000 9 17,164 0.1 2001 20 16,...