Figure 2-7 - Congested Person-Miles of Travel in 70 Urban Areas

SOURCE: Texas Transportation Institute, Urban Roadway Congestion Annual Report: 1998 (College Station, TX: 1998), p. 35.

Table 2-1 - Population and Passenger Travel in the United States: 1977 and 1995

Table 2-12 - Urban Congestion Indicators for 70 Urban Areas: Selected Years

Figure 2-11 - ADA-Accessible Vehicles by Mode: 1994-97

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 1996 National Transit Summaries and Trends (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 25.

Figure 2-13 - Rail Carload Mix: 1997

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998).

Table 2-13 - Urban Transit Indicators: 1987 and 1997 (thousands)

Figure 2-9 - Tonnage Handled by Major Water Ports: 1997

NOTE: Major ports were defined as having one port with over 10 million tons shipped in 1997, and were combined with other ports in the same major waterway or located in the same metropolitan statistical area with at least...

Figure 2-5 - Top Border Land Ports: 1997

NOTES: Data include transshipments between the United States and Mexico. Trade levels reflect the mode of transportation as a shipment entered or exited a U.S. Customs port. Alaska is not shown as its border land ports do not fit the...

Chapter Two - Transportation System Use and Performance

In 1997, the U.S. transportation system supported 4.4 trillion miles of passenger travel and about 4 trillion ton-miles of goods movement. This chapter describes how the system is used and how it performs.

Table 3-3 - Major Societal Functions in GDP

(Current $ billions)