Figure 24 - Average Loaded U.S. Railcar Weight for Selected Commodities: 1991 and 2001

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NOTE: Miscellaneous mixed shipments is mostly intermodal traffic. Some intermodal traffic is included in commodity-specific categories...

Figure 115 - Motor Fuel Prices Compared With per Capita Motor Vehicle-Miles Traveled: 1991-2001

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NOTE: Current dollar data are available in table 114 in appendix B and were adjusted using a chain-type index...

Figure 9 - Truck Freight Flows in the United States: 1998

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Operations Core Business Unit, Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).

Figure 90 - Median Age of Cars and Trucks: 1992-2002

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NOTE: “Trucks” represents all types of trucks, including light trucks (sport utility vehicles, vans, and pickup trucks).

SOURCES: U.S...

Relative Prices for Transportation Goods and Services

The United States had relatively lower prices for transportation goods and services in 19991 than did 15 out of 25 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries (figure 95). However, the nation’s top two...

Multifactor Productivity

Multifactor productivity (MFP) in rail transportation increased by 30 percent between 1990 and 1999 (an average annual rate of 3 percent), while in the overall private business sector, MFP increased by 8 percent (less than 1 percent annually) (figure 3). Thus, the...

Transportation Fatality Rates - Box

Data used here come from a national mortality database compiled by the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics. Years of potential life lost (YPLL) are computed from this...

Geography of Domestic Freight Flows

The U.S. transportation system carried 20 percent more ton-miles of domestic freight in 2000 than in 1990 [1]. This growth was unevenly distributed in terms of geography and mode. The Federal Highway Administration developed the Freight Analysis Framework...

Figure 27 - Average Trip Distance by Purpose: 2001

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1 “Vacation” includes rest and relaxation.

NOTE: The 2001 National Household Travel Survey defined a trip as each time a person went from one...

Figure 49 - Share of Transit Buses that are Lift- or Ramp-Equipped by Bus Type: 1993-2001

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NOTES: Large buses have more than 35 seats, medium buses have 25–35 seats, and small buses have less than 25 seats. Articulated...