Vehicle Loadings on the Interstate Highway System - Box 4-A

Planning agencies design roadways to have a specific lifespan based on the expected volume and weight of vehicle traffic [1]. Since traffic streams are composed of a variety of vehicles of different...

Figure 2-2 - Passenger-Miles of Travel by Selected Mode: 1991-2001

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NOTE: see table 2-2 in appendix B.

SOURCES: Passenger-miles—U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National...

Domestic Freight Ton-Miles

All modes of freight transportation, combined, generated 4.3 trillion domestic ton-miles in 2001, 20 percent more than in 1991 (box 2-B). This represents an average growth rate of 1.8 percent per year during the period.

Domestic ton-miles for all modes, except...

Figure 4-2 - Share of Loadings on Urban Interstate Highways by Vehicle Type: 2002

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NOTES: Based on data from the Truck Weight Study that are collected by the states for varying time periods each year and are not adjusted to typify annual...

Relative Prices for Transportation Goods and Services

The United States had relatively lower prices for transportation goods and services in 20001 than did 11 out of 24 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries (figure 12-1). However, the nation’s top two...

Figure 6-6 - Average Transit Fare per Passenger-Mile by Selected Service Type: 1992-2002

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NOTES: Data for 2002 are preliminary. Fares include subsidies. For definitions of service types, see Glossary. Current dollar amounts (see table 6-5/6-6b...

Figure 2-15 - Truck and Waterborne Freight Flows in the Lake Michigan Area: 1998

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, and Office of Intermodalism (Office of the Secretary), GeoFreight, CD (...

Multifactor Productivity

Multifactor productivity (MFP) in air transportation increased by 16 percent between 1991 and 2001 (an average annual rate of 1.5 percent), while in the overall private business sector, MFP increased by 10 percent (just under 1 percent annually) (figure 1-3). Thus, the...

Figure 14-7 - Gross Government Investment in Transportation Infrastructure by Mode: Fiscal Years 1990-2000

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NOTES: Investment in transportation infrastructure constitutes the purchase or construction value of transportation facilities and...

Figure 9-2 - Highway Fatalities per 100,000 Residents for Selected Vehicle Types: 1992-2002

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NOTES: Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), including single-unit trucks and truck tractors....