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Transportation Sector Energy Use

Transportation Sector Energy Use

The transportation sector used 17 percent more energy in 2003 than it did in 1993, an average annual growth rate of 1.6 percent. Transportation’s share of the nation’s total energy consumption also grew between 1993 and 2003, from 26 percent...

Transportation Energy Efficiency

Transportation Energy Efficiency

Passenger travel was 1.0 percent more energy efficient in 2001 than in 1991. During the same period, however, freight energy efficiency declined by 5.4 percent1 [1, 2].

Improvements in domestic commercial aviation are the primary reason for the gains in...

Figure 11-13 - Age of U.S. Flag Vessels by Type: 2001

Figure 11-13 - Age of U.S. Flag Vessels by Type: 2001

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NOTES: Support includes offshore support and crewboats. Liquid barge includes tank barges.

SOURCES: USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2002, table 1-...

Age of Rail, Aircraft, and Maritime Vessel Fleets

Age of Rail, Aircraft, and Maritime Vessel Fleets

The average age of Amtrak locomotives and passenger train cars fluctuated in a narrow range for most of the 1990s (figure 11-12). The average age of locomotives was 14 years in fiscal year 2001, up 8 percent from 13 years in fiscal year 1991....