Daily Travel by Income, Gender, and Age

In their daily nonoccupational travel, people in the United States journeyed about 4 trillion miles in 2001, or 14,500 miles per person that year. On average, people traveled 40 miles per day on four one-way trips. Daily trips are influenced by a number...

Figure 9-11 - Share of Economic Costs of Motor Vehicle Crashes by Type: 2000

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes 2000 (Washington, DC...

Figure 3-12 - Average Commute Travel Time: 2001, 2002, and 2003

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NOTE: See corresponding tables for information on months/years of original data.

SOURCE: USDOT, BTS, calculations based on Omnibus Household Surveys (...

Bridge Condition

The condition of bridges nationwide has improved markedly since the early 1990s. Of the 591,877 roadway bridges in 2002, the Federal Highway Administration found that 14 percent were structurally deficient and 14 percent were functionally obsolete. About 35 percent of all...

Figure 3-7 - Travel Time Variability Index and Actual Travel Time and Operated Flights: 1990-2002

Seasonally adjusted, yearly averages

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NOTE: These results, based on ongoing research, are preliminary. The Travel Time Variability...

Figure 8-4 - Rail Replaced or Added by U.S. Class I Railroads: 1992-2002

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NOTE: Locomotive data are for Class I railroads only. Freight car data cover Class I railroads, other railroads, and private car owners.

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Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Buses and Rail Stations

The nationwide fleet of lift- or ramp-equipped transit buses increased to 94 percent (64,407 buses) in 2002 from 52 percent of the bus fleet (29,088 buses) in 1993 (figure 7-6). While compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

Figure 12-5 - U.S. Trade Balance in Transportation-Related Services: 1990-2002

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NOTES: Transportation services include passenger fares and freight and port services. It excludes receipts and payments for travel services, which includes...

Figure 10-4 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Selected Mode: 1992-2002

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NOTES: Highway includes passenger cars, buses, light-duty trucks, and other trucks. Total does not include international bunker fuels. International bunker fuel emissions...

Figure 5-4 - Median Length of Long-Distance Trips by Mode: 2001

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NOTES: Other includes watercraft (e.g., ship, ferry, and motorboat); taxi, limousine, and hotel/airport shuttle; bicycle and walking; and other not elsewhere classified....