Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Buses and Rail Stations

The nationwide fleet of lift- or ramp-equipped transit buses increased to 87 percent (58,785 buses) in 2001 from 52 percent of the bus fleet (29,088 buses) in 1993 (figure 48). While increased compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA...

Commercial Motor Vehicle Repairs

In the United States, there were nearly 600,000 motor carriers—common, contract, or private—using buses or trucks to provide commercial transportation of passengers or freight in 2000 [2]. These companies accounted for 28 percent of the nation...

Transportation Services

The contribution of for-hire transportation industries to the U.S economy, as measured by their value-added (or net output), increased (in 1996 chained dollars1) from $181 billion in 1990 to $270 billion in 2001 (figure 102). In the same time period, this segment...

Figure 23 - Average Loaded U.S. Railcar Weight: 1991-2001

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NOTE: Average railcar weight is total tons transported divided by total carloads transported.

SOURCE: Association of American of...

Figure 42 - Origin and Destination Survey Index by City of Origin for Three Large International Cities: 1995-2000

(All classes of service)

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1 The O&D Survey indices are computed using the Fisher Index formula...

Figure 39 - Share of Personal Income Spent on Commuting by Income Group: 1999

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1 Percent represents median of income group. The median is the point where half the income group spends more and half spends less than the...

Figure 99 - U.S. Trade Balance in Transportation-Related Services: 1990-2002

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NOTES: Transportation services include passenger fares, and freight and port services. It excludes receipts and payments for travel services,...

Figure 36 - Average Class I Intercity Bus Fares: 1990-2000

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NOTES: Amtrak data are not available prior to 1993. All dollar amounts are chained 1996 dollars. Current dollar amounts are available in appendix B and were adjusted...

Rail Infrastructure and Equipment Repairs

Class I railroads1 provide vital freight transportation services—carrying more than one-third of domestic freight ton-miles2 each year [2]. In order to provide efficient and timely services, these companies maintained nearly 170,000 miles...

Figure 1 - Labor Productivity of Major Sectors: 1990-2000

(Output per hour)

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NOTES: Labor productivity for transportation measures quality-adjusted ton- and passenger-miles per hour. Quality adjustment corrects for differences...