Vehicle Loadings on the Interstate Highway System

Large combination trucks1 represent a small portion of traffic on the U.S. Interstate Highway System [1]. However, because they are heavier and have more axles than other vehicles, they may cause more pavement damage, a measurement that is...

Figure 96 - U.S. Trade in Transportation-Related Goods: 1990-2002

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NOTES: Transportation-related goods are motor vehicles and parts, aircraft and spacecraft and parts, railway vehicles and parts, and ships and boats.

Figure 19 - Share of Loadings on Urban Interstate Highways by Vehicle Type: 2001

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NOTES: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Loadings are based on equivalent single-axle loads (ESALs), a...

Transit Ridership by Transit Authority

Approximately 77 percent of all unlinked transit passenger trips since at least 1996 have been made within the service area of just 30 transit authorities. These 30 top authorities logged 6.9 billion unlinked trips in 20011 figure 47). New York City...

Figure 85 - Structurally Deficient and Functionally Obsolete Bridges: All Roadways--1991-2001

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KEY: Functionally obsolete refers to bridges that do not have the lane widths, shoulder widths, or vertical clearances adequate to...

Figure 63 - Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost Due to Transportation Accidents: 1991-2000

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NOTE: Years of potential life lost (YPLL) is the difference between the age of death and 65 years of age. Fatalities of people...

Figure 31 - U.S. Households by Number of Vehicles: 2001

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KEY: apt. = apartment; condo = condominium.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal...

Transportation Fatality Rates - Box

Each transportation mode tends to define fatality differently and may generate its fatality data using different methods. Therefore, comparisons across modes should be viewed very carefully. For further information on modal fatality...

Figure 100 - Value of Transportation-Related Final Demand and Its Share in GDP: 1990-2001

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NOTES: Total transportation-related final demand is the sum of all consumer, private business, and government purchases of...

Figure 67 - Minor Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries by Age and Gender: 2001

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NOTES: A pedalcyclist is a person on a vehicle that is powered solely by pedals. A minor injury is one in which the victim was treated...