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SOURCES: HEV 1999-2012: USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, Table 1-19. Available at http://www.bts.dot.govas of December 2013. HEV 2013, PHEV and BEV 1999-Sept. 2013: Electric Drive Transportation Association. Electric Drive Vehicle...
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19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012Sept. 2013Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)179,35020,28222,33547,56684,199205,828253,518352,862315,688290,740274,105261,507431,798389,910“Plug-in” hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) ...* Refers to the percent of passenger transportation terminals that have connections to one or more scheduled public transportation modes.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database, for more...
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Census of Ferry Operators, as of September 2013.
NOTES: Transit use in New York City (NYC) is much larger than elsewhere in the U.S., a larger but disproportionate circle was used to denote this. Rail includes commuter rail, subway, light rail, and streetcar rail.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of...
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Geospatial Information Systems, National Transportation Atlas Databases 2012, available at http://www.rita.gov/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database, as of...
NOTE: Truck crossings are not included as that is primarily freight related.
SOURCES: Personal Vehicle Crossings – U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Database, based on data from U.S. Department...
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Calendar YearAverage U.S. passenger car fuel efficiencyNew vehicle fuel efficiency (model year)CAFE standards (model year)Light duty vehicle, short wheel baseLight duty vehicle, long wheel basePassenger carDomestic passenger carImported passenger carLight truck (<8,500 lbs...Excel
The number of transportation-related fatalities has declined in recent decades. Compared to 1990 transportation fatality numbers, in 2001 there were 13,030 fewer fatalities—93.9 percent of this reduction is attributable to highway transportation.
In 2011 the overall rate for...