USA Banner

Official US Government Icon

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure Site Icon

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation Icon United States Department of Transportation United States Department of Transportation

General

Legacy ID
201

System Performance

U.S. Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled U.S. Major Air Carriers On-Time Performance Amtrak On-Time Performance

Freight Usage

U.S. Air Carrier Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles Rail Freight: Revenue Ton-Miles

Passenger Usage

U.S. Airline Passengers U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor Amtrak Ridership Amtrak Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor Transit Ridership

Fuel Prices

Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Gasoline Prices Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Diesel Prices Domestic Airline Jet Fuel Prices Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

Economy

Transportation Services Index Personal Spending on Transportation Transportation Employment U.S. Surface Trade U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico

Safety

Highway Fatalities Air Fatalities Rail Fatalities

Glossary

Air carrier: Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.

Chained dollars: A method to measure real changes in dollar values between years that uses chain-type indexes, rather than constant dollars. The method first calculates the real changes between adjacent years...

5-6 Transportation’s Share of U.S. Petroleum Use: 1975–2011

Excel

Note: Data for 2011 are preliminary. Data for 2010 are revised.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Washington, DC: July 2012), tables 3.7a–c, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/mer/petro.html...