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Survey Data on Congestion Delays

Survey Data on Congestion Delays

More than two of five adults in the United States reported in 2002 that traffic congestion was a problem in their community (figure 3-10). These data are results from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Omnibus Household Survey, conducted in January, May,...

Air Travel Time Index Research - Box 3-B

Air Travel Time Index Research - Box 3-B Airline Service Quality Performance (ASQP) Data and Air Travel Time Indexes

These indexes are calculated using ASQP data reported to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics on both scheduled and actual flight times (based on gate-departure and gate-...

Highway Trucks by Weight

Highway Trucks by Weight

The United States truck fleet grew 23 percent between 1992 and 1997, according to the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) conducted once every five years1 [1, 2]. The fleet includes a variety of vehicles, ranging from large 18-wheel combination trucks used to...

Travel by Older Adults

Travel by Older Adults

Older U.S. residents do not travel as often or as far as do younger people but rely as heavily on personal vehicles,1 according to data collected by the 2001 National Household Travel Survey [1]. Americans aged 65 and older, for instance, took 89 percent of their daily...

Air Travel Price Index - Box 6-A

Air Travel Price Index - Box 6-A Air Travel Price Index (ATPI)

The BTS quarterly Passenger Origin and Destination Survey provides the data for the ATPI. Through this survey, BTS collects data on a 10 percent sample of airline itineraries. Each sample observation comprises a fare value (...

Transportation Injury Rates

Transportation Injury Rates

Each year a far larger number of people are injured than killed in transportation-related accidents. An estimated 3.0 million1 people suffered some kind of injury involving passenger and freight transportation in 2002 (box 9-C). Most of these injuries, about 98...