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Daily Passenger Travel - Box 5-A

Daily Passenger Travel - Box 5-A 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)

The 2001 NHTS was sponsored by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Households were asked about all the trips1 they took on a...

Figure 11-7 - Urban Bridge Condition by Functional Class: 2002

Figure 11-7 - Urban Bridge Condition by Functional Class: 2002

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NOTES: Functionally obsolete refers to bridges that do not have the lane widths, shoulder widths, or vertical clearances adequate to serve traffic demand, or the bridge may...

Figure 9-10 - Serious Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries by Type: 2002

Figure 9-10 - Serious Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries by Type: 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 transferred...

Years of Potential Life Lost from Transportation Accidents - Box 9-B

Years of Potential Life Lost from Transportation Accidents - Box 9-B Data for Calculating Years of Potential Life Lost

Data used here come from a national mortality database compiled by the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics. Years of potential...

Transportation Fatality Rates - Box 9-A

Transportation Fatality Rates - Box 9-A Fatality Data

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

Amtrak On-Time Performance

Amtrak On-Time Performance

Seventy-four percent of Amtrak trains arrived at their final destination on time in 2003 [2]. This was below the system’s performance peak of 79 percent in 1998 and 1999 (figure 3-8). Amtrak counts a train as delayed if it arrives at least 10 to 30 minutes...