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General

Legacy ID
201

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...

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...

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...