Figure 9-8 - Minor Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries by Age and Gender: 2002

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NOTES: A minor injury is one in which the victim was treated and released. A serious injury is one in which the victim was either hospitalized or treated and...

Transportation Injury Rates - Box 9-C

Each transportation mode tends to define injury differently. In addition, each mode may generate its injury data using different methods. Therefore, comparisons across modes should be viewed very carefully. For further information on...

Urban Highway Travel Times

Highway travel times increased between 1991 and 2001 in 72 of the 75 urban areas studied by the Texas Transportation Institute. The average Travel Time Index (TTI) for these areas in 2001 was 1.39, an increase from 1.29 in 1991 [2]. This means that in 2001 it took...

Figure 5-15 - Share of Daily Trips by Age Group by Mode: 2001

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SOURCE: D.V. Collia, J. Sharp, and L. Giesbrecht, “The 2001 National Household Travel Survey: A Look Into the Travel Patterns of Older Americans,” Journal of...

Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries - Box 9-D

Use of NEISS data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) enables analyses of injuries by factors such as age and gender, type of vehicle, and severity of injuries...

Figure 5-16 - Daily Trips by Age Group and Time of Day: 2001

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SOURCE: D.V. Collia, J. Sharp, and L. Giesbrecht, “The 2001 National Household Travel Survey: A Look Into the Travel Patterns of Older Americans,” Journal of Safety...

Oil Spills into U.S. Waters

Transportation-related sources typically account for most oil reported spilled into U.S. waters reported each year1 (box 10-C). For instance, transportation’s share of the total volume of oil spilled between 1991 and 2001 varied from a high of 97 percent in...

Figure 2-8 - Shares of Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 2001

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SOURCES: Air, oil pipeline, and water—U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics 2002,...

Figure 12-3 - U.S. Trade Balance in Transportation-Related Goods: 1990-2002

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NOTES: Transportation-related goods are motor vehicles and parts, aircraft and spacecraft and parts, railway vehicles and parts, and ships and boats.

Figure 9-5 - Years of Potential Life Lost Due to Motor Vehicle and Other Transportation Accidents: 1991-2000

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NOTE: Years of potential life lost (YPLL) is the difference between the age of death and 65 years of age. Fatalities of people...