Appendix A: List of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

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AAR: Association of American Railroads ACS: American Communities Survey ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act ARRA: American Reinvestment and Recovery Act ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers

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BAC: blood alcohol concentration BEA: Bureau of Economic...

Table 6-2 Examples of Safety Performance Measures

Table 6-1 Major Information Gaps and Challenges

Figure 6-2 Recent Fluctuations in Freight: January 2000–November 2012

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Chain-type Freight Transportation Services Index: 2000 = 100

Figure 6-2 Recent Fluctuations in Freight: January 2000–November 2012

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SOURCE: Freight TSI: U.S. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration.Bureau of Transportation  Statistics.Transportation Services Index (Updated monthly).Available at www.bts.gov as of  March 2013....

Figure 6-1 Value Added by Transportation Mode: 1997

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Billions of dollars, at producers' prices

a In-house transportation consists of the services provided by non-...

Figure 6-1 Value Added by Transportation Mode: 1997

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,Transportation Satellite Accounts: A Look at Transportation’s Role in the Economy (Washington, DC: 2011). Available at https...

Box 6-A Measuring the Economic Impact of For-Hire and In-House Transportation

To measure the full scope of transportation services and their contribution to the economy, BTS and BEA jointly developed the Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSA). The TSA measure the contribution of both for-hire and in-house transportation to the economy, totaling about $370 billion in...

Chapter 6 - The State of Transportation Statistics

Table 5-15 Volume of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Spills: 2005–2011

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