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Age of Highway and Transit Fleet Vehicles

Age of Highway and Transit Fleet Vehicles

Because of improvements in the longevity of passenger cars, the median age of the automobile fleet in the United States has increased significantly, from 7.0 years in 1992 to 8.4 years in 2002. The median age of the truck fleet,1 by contrast, began...

Commuting Expenses of the Working Poor - Box

Commuting Expenses of the Working Poor - Box Commuting Expenses Data

The data presented here are based on an analysis by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) (availableat http://www.sipp. census.gov/...

Urban Highway Travel Times

Urban Highway Travel Times

Highway travel times increased between 1990 and 2000 in 70 of the 75 urban areas studied by the Texas Transportation Institute. The average Travel Time Index (TTI) for these areas in 2000 was 1.39, an increase from 1.31 in 1990 [2]. This means that in 2000, it took...

Oil Spills into U.S. Waters

Oil Spills into U.S. Waters

Transportation-related sources typically account for most oil reported to be spilled into U.S. waters reported each year.1 For instance, transportation’s share of the total volume of oil spilled between 1991 and 2000 varied from a high of 97 percent in 1996...