Economic Impacts of Motor Vehicle Crashes

Motor vehicle crashes in the United States cost an estimated $231 billion1$820 per person or 2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product2 [1]. The largest components of the total cost (26 percent each) are market productivity—the cost of foregone...

Figure 26 - Trips Completed per Day: 2001

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NOTE: Data are from the daily travel segment of the 2001 National Household Travel Survey. Long-distance travel data (i.e., trips of 50 miles or more collected during a 4-week...

Figure 28 - Share of Person Trips by Purpose: 2001

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1 “Vacation” includes rest and relaxation.

NOTE: The 2001 National Household Travel Survey defined a trip as each time a person went from one...

Figure 72 - Share of Selected Air Pollution Emissions by Mode: 2001

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NOTE: EPA no longer estimates lead emissions. Modal shares in 2000 were: highway gasoline vehicles, 4.1%; aircraft, 95.9%.

Intermittent Interruptions of Transportation Services

Natural disasters, accidents, labor disputes, terrorism, security breaches, and other unforeseeable incidents can result in major disruptions to the transportation system. Although a comprehensive account of these unpredictable...

Chapter 2 - Transportation Indicators

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century1 charged the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) with compiling, analyzing, and publishing a comprehensive set of transportation statistics, including information on:

Bridge Condition

The condition of bridges nationwide has improved markedly since the early 1990s. Of the nearly 600,000 roadway bridges in 2001, the Federal Highway Administration found that 14 percent were structurally deficient and 14 percent were functionally obsolete. About 40 percent of...

Figure 6 - Total U.S. Population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 1990-2000

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NOTES: Transit includes motor bus, heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail, ferryboat, trolley bus, demand responsive, and others....

Vehicle Ownership and Availability

Slightly less than one-third of households said they had one personal vehicle1 available for use in 2001. A little more than one-third of households (40 million out of 107 million households) had 2 vehicles and slightly less than one-quarter had 3 or more...

Figure 116 - Jet Fuel Prices Compared With per Capita Aircraft-Miles Traveled: 1991-2001

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NOTE: Current dollar data are available in table 114 in appendix B and were adjusted using a chain-type index to...