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Chapter 8 - Information on Data Sources

Airline freight and passenger data

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) collects and compiles data on the volume of revenue passengers, freight, and mail traffic handled and...

Chapter 7 - Energy and Environment

Table 7-1: Transportation Energy Consumption by Energy Source: 2010 Table 7-2: Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector: 2010 Table 7-3: Transportation Energy Consumption per Capita: 2010 Table 7-4: Motor-Fuel Use: 2011(1) Table 7-5: Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Use by Fuel Type: 2010 Table 7-6...

Chapter 6 - Economy and Finance

Table 6-1: Transportation and Warehousing Establishments and Employment: 2010 Table 6-2: Air Transportation Establishments and Employment: 2010 Table 6-3: Water Transportation Establishments and Employment: 2010 Table 6-4: Truck Transportation Establishments and Employment: 2010 Table 6-5...

Chapter 5 - Registered Vehicles and Vehicle-Miles Traveled

Table 5-1: Motor-Vehicle Registrations: 2011 Table 5-2: Trailer and Semi-Trailer Registrations: 2011(1) Table 5-3: Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT): 2006, 2011 Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2008 Table 5-5: Highway Congestion...

Chapter 4 - Passenger Travel

Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2011 Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2010 Table 4-3: Transit Ridership in the 50 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2010 and 2011 Table 4-4: Urban Transit Ridership by State and Transit Mode: 2011 Table 4-5: Top 50 Amtrak Stations by Number of Passengers(1): Fiscal Years...

Chapter 3 - Freight Transportation

Table 3-1: Freight Shipments by State of Origin: 2007 Table 3-2: Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Origin: 2007 Table 3-3: Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Destination: 2007 Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2011 Table 3-5: Waterborne Shipments: 2010 and 2011 Table...

Chapter 2 - Safety

Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2011 Table 2-2: Passenger Car and Light Truck Occupants Killed and Restraint Use: 2011 Table 2-3: Large Truck Involvement in Fatal Crashes: 2011 Table 2-4: Key Provisions of Safety Belt Use Laws: 2010 Table 2-5: Helmet Use Laws:...

Chapter 1 - Infrastructure

Table 1-1: Public Road Length, Miles by Functional System: 2011 Table 1-2: Public Road Length, Miles by Ownership: 2011 Table 1-3: Toll Roads, Toll Bridges and Tunnels, and Toll Ferry Routes: 2010 Table 1-4: Road Condition: 2011 Table 1-5: Number of Road Bridges by Functional System: 2012...