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Pocket Guide to Transportation 2005

Pocket Guide to Transportation 2005

January 2005


Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Preface
Acknowledgments
Citation
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use
Table 1 - The Transportation Network: 2003
Chapter 2 - Transportation Safety
Table 2 - Transportation Fatalities by Mode
Table 3 - Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 2002
Table 4 - Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement: 2003
Figure 1 - Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes: 1990-2003
Figure 2 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes
Table 5 - Injured Persons by Transportation Mode
Chapter 3 - Transportation Security
Figure 3 - International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
Table 6 - Prohibited Items Intercepted at U.S. Airport Screening Checkpoints: 2003
Figure 4 - U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975-2003
Figure 5 - Transportation's Share of U.S. Petroleum Use: 1975-2003
Figure 6 - U.S. Oil Imports
Table 7 - Major Suppliers of U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
Chapter 4 - Mobility
Table 8 - Passenger Travel and Freight Transportation Per Capita
Table 9 - Number of Aircraft, Railcars, Vehicles, and Vessels
Table 10 - Vehicle-Miles
Table 11 - Passenger-Miles
Table 12 - Daily Travel: 2001
Table 13 - Long-Distance Travel: 2001
Figure 7 - Origin and Destinations of Long-Distance Interregional Trips: 2001
Figure 8 - Households by Number of Vehicles
Table 14 -U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2003
Table 15 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2003
Table 16 - Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
Table 17 - U.S. Airports with the Highest Percentage of Arriving Passenger Flights Delays
Table 18 - Roadway Delay and Congestion Cost Per Person in Urban Areas: 1992 and 2002
Table 19 - Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause
Table 20 - U.S. Domestic Freight Shipments by Mode: Preliminary 2002
Table 21 - Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight
Chapter 5 - Transportation and the Economy
Figure 9 - U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Societal Function: 2001
Figure 10 - Average Household Expenditures by Major Spending Category: 2003
Figure 11 - Transportation Services Index (TSI)
Table 22 - Employment in Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries
Table 23 - Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2003
Table 24 - Weight of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2003
Table 25 - U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode Share: 2003
Table 26 - Top 20 Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments: 2003
Table 27 - U.S. Trade in Transportation-Related Commodities:  2003
Figure 12 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Sales: Model Years 1980–2003
Table 28 - Government Transportation Revenues by Mode and Level of Government
Table 29 - Government Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government from Own Funds
Chapter 6 - Transportation and the Environment
Figure 13 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Fuel Economy Averages: Model Years 1980–2003
Figure 14 - Oil Spills Reported to U.S. Coast Guard by Sources: 1991-2001
Figure 15 - U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use: 1980–2003
Figure 16 - Index of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation: 1980–2002
Glossary