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Box 1 - Domestic Freight Shipments

Box 1 - Domestic Freight Shipments

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration have developed new estimates of the amount of freight shipped in the United States. The new estimates combine data from...

Extent, connectivity, and condition of the transportation system

Extent, connectivity, and condition of the transportation system Extent The United States has about 4 million miles of roads, 140,000 F of railroad, more than 1.6 million miles of oil and gas pipelines, and 26,000 miles of navigable waterways. (Table L-1 in Chapter 2 and Table 1) If laid end to...

Safety and Security

Safety and Security

Reducing transportation-related deaths, injuries, and property damage is a priority goal of the transportation community. In most categories fatality rates in relation to miles traveled have declined over time, which means the transportation system is safer than in prior...

Energy and Environment

Energy and Environment

As people travel and freight is transported, damage can occur to the human and natural environment. Transportation also impacts the environment when transportation equipment and fuels are produced and infrastructure is built, during repair and maintenance of...

Mobility and Access to Transportation

Mobility and Access to Transportation

The United States, the fourth largest country by land area, has developed an extensive transportation system to serve its 300 million residents and 7 million business establishments.  Americans travel a great deal as they go to and from work, run...

Box 3 - Government Transportation Revenues and Expenditures

Box 3 - Government Transportation Revenues and Expenditures

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics gathers Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS) data from various sources — including the Office of Management...

Table 1. Key Elements of the U.S. Transportation System

Table 1. Key Elements of the U.S. Transportation System

2005 (unless otherwise noted)

Air

Extent 5,270 public use airports 14,584 private use airports

Aircraft and use 8,186 certificated air carrier aircraft, 7.71 billion airplane-miles flown, 795.12 billion passenger-miles...

Summary

Summary

This edition of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report presents selected transportation data on 13 topics specified in the legislative mandate of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology...

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix A: Glossary

14 CFR 121 (air): Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, part 121. Prescribes rules governing the operation of domestic, flag, and supplemental air carriers and commercial operators of large aircraft.

14 CFR 135 (air): Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14,...