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Table 6-1 Major Information Gaps and Challenges
Topic Importance Examples of missing, inadequate, or threatened information Economic interactions: purchases of goods, employment and production, and consumption of goods and services Creates the demand for passenger and...Figure 6-2 Recent Fluctuations in Freight: January 2000–November 2012
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Chain-type Freight Transportation Services Index: 2000 = 100
Recession Freight TSI (Smoothed) Start End Jan-00 104.1 Mar-01...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
ModeIn-house (a) For-hire (b) Value addedTruck116.73 81.42 Air3.77 43.8 Rail0.52 21.0 Water1.68 6.0a 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
PDF: Chapter 6 - The State of Transportation Statistics We have extensive data on local passenger travel but limited data on long distance travel; conversely, we have extensive data on long distance freight movement but limited data on local freight movement.We have extensive data on the...Table 5-15 Volume of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Spills: 2005–2011
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Year Gross Barrels Spilled Net Barrels Lost 2005 138,094 46,246 2006 137,693 53,905 2007 94,981 68,941 2008...Figure 5-8 Index of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation: 1990–2012
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Index: 1990 = 1.0
Year Carbon monoxide Nitrogen oxide Volatile organic compounds PM-10 PM-2.5 Sulfur dioxide Ammonia 1990 1.00 1.00...