Chapter 3 - State of Transportation Statistics

Data collection, compilations, and analyses by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) focus on five core transportation data areas: freight, passenger travel, air transportation, economic,...

Figure M - Age of U.S. Flag Vessels by Type: 2001

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See chapter 2, figure 11-13, for notes and sources.

BOX 2

Two national estimates of passenger-miles of travel (pmt) are available; they differ in coverage, methodology, and other factors. The 2001 pmt data presented in this Traffic Flows section come from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)...

Figure G - Comparison of Airfare Indexes: 1995-2003

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See chapter 2, figure 6-9, for notes and sources.

Figure A - Multifactor Productivity: 1991-2001

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See chapter 2, figure 1-3, for notes and sources.

Figure C - Shares of Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 2001

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See chapter 2, figure 2-8, for notes and sources.

Figure K - Shares of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Type of Highway Vehicle: 2002

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See chapter 2, figure 10-5, for notes and sources.

BOX 1

The data in this report come from a variety of sources—principally, from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and other operating administrations of the Department of Transportation. However, other sources are federal government agencies, such as...

Figure S - Daily Trips by Time of Day: 2001

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See chapter 2, figure 5-16, for notes and sources.

Figure F - Shares of Long-Distance Trips by Mode: 2001

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See chapter 2, figure 5-3, for notes and sources.