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National Transportation Statistics

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Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions

a Consists of emissions from jet fuel consumed by domestic operations of commercial aircraft (no bunkers).

b Consists of emissions from jet fuel and aviation gasoline consumption by general aviation and military aircraft.

c Fluctuations in emission estimates are associated with fluctuations in reported fuel consumption and may reflect issues with data sources.

d Other electric power emissions are a result of waste incineration (as the majority of municipal...

Number of U.S. Public and Private Alternative Fueling Stations by Fuel Type

KEY: CNG = compressed natural gas; E85 = 85% ethanol, 15% gasoline; LNG = liquefied natural gas; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Total counts are the number of stations for all fuel types combine including both public and private non-residential stations.

b Includes legacy chargers but does not include residential electric charging infrastructure.

c Propane includes all (primary and secondary) stations.

d Includes all...

50th Anniversary Edition of the National Transportation Statistics

The National Transportation Statistics (NTS) is a collection of transportation data first published in November 1971. This commemorative publication celebrates the first half-century of NTS; it includes links to digitized versions of the entire NTS collection and is the first NTS volume...

Work Zone Safety Data

a Occupants of a non-motor vehicle transport device and persons on personal conveyances.

b The road construction location category was implemented in 1995. Includes road construction workers and vehicle occupants fatally injured in work zones. 

c Starting 2019, data only include road construction workers. 

Number of U.S. Truck Registrations by Type

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available.

Other light includes all trucks under 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight excluding any listed Pickups, Vans and Sport utilities.

bOther medium/heavy includes all trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight excluding any listed Farm trucks and Truck tractors.

U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector (Metric)

KEY: R = revised; Z = a value of zero, or value too small to report.

a Sum of primary consumption, electricity, and electrical system energy losses categories.

b Sum of biomass, natural gas, and petroleum categories.

c Beginning from 1980, small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are included in industrial sector consumption.

d Consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.

e Includes most nonutility use of...