Chapter 7 - Economic Growth

Transportation is a vital component of the U.S. economy. It not only enables most economic activity, but is a sizable portion of the country's Gross Domestic Product. As such, transportation employs millions of people and consumes a large amount...

Table 1 - Vehicles Purchased Under the Area Formula Funding Program: Fiscal Year 2000

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Figure 2 - U.S. Oil Imports

(Thousand barrels per day)

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Figure 1 - Transportation Energy Use and Other Trends: 1980-2000

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Figure 1 - Domestic Air Revenue Freight Ton-Miles, Population, and Real Gross Domestic Product: 1991-2000

(Index: 1991 = 100)

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State of Transportation Statistics - Box 6

A shipment of electronic equipment moving from overseas to a U.S. retail outlet arrives in the Port of Long Beach, California, via containership. The container is transferred to a railcar and travels by train to Chicago,...

Table 1 - U.S. Transportation-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions

(Teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalents)

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Map - Annual Person-Hours of Delay per Person: 1982 and 1999

NOTES: The cities shown represent the 50 largest metropolitan areas, as well as others chosen by the states sponsoring the...

Figure 2 - Government Transportation Expenditures by Mode: FY 1985-1999

Chained 1996 Dollars

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Map - Major Transportation Facilities of the United States

Click on a quadrant to enlarge it

Note: Data provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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