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Key Air Emissions

Key Air Emissions

Transportation in 2001 emitted 66 percent of the nation’s carbon monoxide (CO), 47 percent of nitrogen oxides (NOx, 35 percent of volatile organic compounds (VOC), 5 percent of particulates, 6 percent of ammonia, and 4 percent of sulfur dioxide.1 Highway vehicles...

Figure 8 - Modal Shares of Domestic Freight Ton-Miles: 2000

Figure 8 - Modal Shares of Domestic Freight Ton-Miles: 2000

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SOURCES: Air, pipeline, and water—U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics...

Figure 29 - Modal Share of Person Trips: 2001

Figure 29 - Modal Share of Person Trips: 2001

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NOTE: The 2001 National Household Travel Survey “travel period” data were not available when this report was prepared. Without these data, vacation trips and...