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Transportation energy use grew 22 percent between 1991 and 2001, to 28 percent of the nation’s total energy consumption in 2001 (figure 111) [4]. Highway vehicles consumed an estimated 81 percent of transportation sector energy [5].
Still,...
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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Management Information System, available...
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NOTES: Data include only privately owned capital stock, except for highways and streets. Consumer motor vehicles are consumer durable goods. In-...
Passenger travel was 5 percent more energy efficient in 2000 than in 1990 (figure 117), mainly due to gains by domestic commercial aviation. Improved aircraft fuel economy and increased passenger loads resulted in a 32 percent increase in commercial air...
Personal vehicles1 are the predominant means by which people travel in the United States on a daily basis. In 2001, 87 percent of person trips and 88 percent of person-miles were made in personal vehicles (figure 29 and figure 30). Walking and riding a bicycle accounted for...
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NOTE: Locomotive data are for Class I railroads only. Freight car data cover Class I railroads, other railroads, and private car owners.
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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...
The United States traded $299.6 billion worth (in current dollars1) of transportation-related goods (e.g., cars, trains, boats, and airplanes and their related parts) in 2002 with its partners (figure 96). Although motor vehicles and...
Transportation fuel prices (in chained 1996 dollars1) experienced short-term fluctuations between 1992 and 2002 (figure 114). The average price of motor fuel (all types of gasoline) decreased 15 percent in 1998, to $1.08 per gallon from $1.27 per gallon in 1997....
The average age of Amtrak locomotives and passenger train cars fluctuated in a narrow range for most of the 1990s (figure 92). The average age of locomotives was 11 years in 2000, down 7 percent from 12 years in 1990. Meanwhile, Amtrak...