Direct and Indirect Effects of Transportation on the Economy

Transportation has both a direct and an indirect effect on the economy. The direct effect is the change in transportation output caused by a change in demand for another product; the indirect effect is the change, induced by a change in the demand for transportation, in the output of another...

Table 4. Transportation Required to Produce Commodities, 2002-2006

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(cents of transportation required to deliver a dollar of the commodity to consumers)

Cost of Transportation Services by Commodity

Many industries produce more than one commodity, and many commodities are produced by more than one industry. The make table in the TSAs shows the commodities made by each industry. The make table for 2002 shows, for example, that the utilities industry makes primarily utilities commodities...

Table 3. Transportation Commodity-by-Industry Direct Requirements, 2002-2006

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(direct requirements per dollar of industry output at producers' prices)

Table 2. Use of Transportation Services by Sector, 2002-2006 (current dollars)

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(Billions of dollars at producers' prices)

Use of Transportation by Industry

The importance of transportation to the production of goods and services can be measured through the use of transportation by industries. Use can be represented both as an absolute dollar value (as in the TSA use table) and as a requirement per dollar of industry output (as in the TSA direct...

Table 1. Value Added by Transportation Mode and Year, 2002–2006 (current dollars, billions)

The Transportation Satellite Accounts: Findings From 2002–2006

The Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs) provide a means for measuring the contribution of transportation services to the national economy. Prior to the TSAs, the magnitude of transportation services had long been underestimated, as most national measures counted only the value of for-...

Acknowledgments

Anthony FoxxSecretary

Victor MendezActing Deputy Secretary

Gregory WinfreeAssistant Secretary for Research and Technology

Patricia HuDirector

Rolf SchmittDeputy Director

Author Theresa...

Transportation Satellite Accounts 2002-2006

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