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199520002008200920102011TOTAL U.S. labor force117,298131,785136,790130,807129,874131,359TOTAL transportation and related labor force12,70513,90713,21212,23412,08611,381Transportation and related as a share of Total U.S. labor force10.8%10.6%9.7%9.4%9.3%8.7%For-Hire...Excel
AmountPercentTruck12628%Other transportation and support activities10724%Air7016%Warehousing and Storage4610%Rail378%Transit286%Water153%Pipeline215%For-Hire Transportation Total448SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry...
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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry Economic Accounts, as cited in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National...
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Chained 2005 dollars, billions
199520002008200920102011U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), total9,08611,21613,16212,75813,06313,299Transportation's share of GDP (percent)10.910.88.98.68.68.7Domestic transportation-related final demand, total9941,2121,1761,1021,1211,...SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, The U.S. Rural Population...
SOURCES: Airports: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Domestic Market (U.S....
The government plays an important role in the U.S. transportation system, both as a provider of transportation infrastructure and an administrator and regulator of the system. The government spends a large amount of funds on building, rehabilitating, maintaining, operating, and administering the...
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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
Jet fuel prices reported to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) differ from producer prices. Reports to BTS show the cost per gallon of fuel used by an airline during the month rather than the price charged by a producer on...
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Notes: Data for 2011 are preliminary. Data for 2010 are revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Washington, DC: July 2012), tables 3.1 and 3.7c, available at http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/...