Highway Condition

The condition of roads in the United States improved between 1993 and 2001.1 For instance, the percentage of rural Interstate mileage in poor or mediocre condition declined from 35 percent in 1993 to 14 percent in 2001 (figure 83). Moreover, poor or mediocre urban...

Hazardous Materials Incidents and Injuries

Transportation firms reported more than 17,700 hazardous materials incidents in 2001.1 These incidents resulted in 7 deaths and 143 injuries, compared with annual averages of 21 deaths and 445 injuries between 1991 and 2001. During that decade, the...

Figure 106 - Federal, State, and Local Government Transportation-Related Expenditures from Own Funds: Fiscal Years 1990-2000

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NOTES: Federal expenditures from own funds consists of outlays of the federal...

Years of Potential Life Lost from Transportation Accidents

For people under 65 years of age, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has ranked transportation accidents as the third leading cause of death in the United States (after cancer and heart disease) each year from 1991 to 2000 [1]....

Figure 17 - Amtrak Hours of Delay by Cause: 1993-1999

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1 Includes equipment malfunctions, train servicing in stations, and passenger-related delays.

2 Includes delays for track repairs/track conditions...

Figure 55 - Crossties Installed or Replaced by U.S. Class I Railroads: 1990-2001

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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....

U.S. International Trade in Transportation-Related Services

U.S. trade in transportation services in 2002 totaled $105.4 billion (in current dollars1), down 2 percent from $107.6 billion in 2001 (figure 98). This decline was smaller than the 8 percent drop between 2000 and 2001. Of the trade...

Labor Productivity in Transportation

Labor productivity (output per hour) in the for-hire transportation services and petroleum pipeline industries increased by 20 percent from 1990 to 2000. This compares with an increase of 45 percent for all manufacturing and 23 percent for the overall...

Government Transportation Revenues

Federal, state, and local government transportation revenues earmarked to finance transportation programs1 increased from $82.2 billion in 1990 to $113.6 billion in 2000 (in 1996 chained dollars2) for an annual inflation-adjusted growth rate of 3 percent (...

Figure 38 - Average Transit Fare per Passenger-Mile for Selected Service Types: Fiscal Years 1990-2000

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NOTES: Data for 2000 are preliminary. Beginning in 1991, fares include subsidies formerly classified as...