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Pocket Guide to Transportation 2006

Pocket Guide to Transportation 2006

January 2006


Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Preface
Acknowledgments
Citation
Introduction
Chapter 1 - System Extent and Use
Table 1 - The Transportation Network: 2004
Chapter 2 - Safety
Table 2 - Transportation Fatalities by Mode
Table 3 - Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2003
Table 4 - Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Vehicles and by Alcohol Involvement: 2004
Figure 1 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes
Table 5 - Injured Persons by Transportation Mode
Table 6 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents
Chapter 3 - Security
Figure 2 - International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
Table 7 - Prohibited Items Intercepted at U.S.Airport Screening Checkpoints: 2003 and 2004
Figure 3 - U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975–2004
Figure 4 - Transportation’s Share of U.S. Petroleum Use: 1975–2004
Figure 5 - U.S. Oil Imports
Table 8 - Major Suppliers of U.S. Imported Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
Chapter 4 - Mobility
Table 9 - Passenger Travel and Freight Transportation Per Capita
Table 10 - Number of Aircraft, Railcars,Vehicles, and Vessels
Table 11 - Vehicle-Miles
Table 12 - Passenger-Miles
Table 13 - Daily Travel by Gender: 2001
Figure 6 - Long-Distance Trips by Gender, Area, and Age: 2001
Figure 7 - Households by Number of Vehicles
Table 14 - Commercial Freight Activity in the United States by Mode of Transportation: 2002
Table 15 - U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Crossings: 2004
Table 16 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Crossings: 2004
Table 17 - Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
Table 18 - U.S. Airports with the Highest Percentage of Arriving Passenger Delays
Table 19 - Roadway Delay and Congestion Cost per Peak Travelera in Urban Areas: 1993 and 2003
Table 20 - Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause
Table 21 - Top 20 U.S.Water Ports by Shipment Weight
Table 22 - Top 20 World Container Ports: 2003
Chapter 5 - Economy
Figure 8 - U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Societal Function: 2004
Figure 9 - Average Household Expenditures by Major Spending Category: 2004
Figure 10 - Transportation Services Index (TSI)
Table 23 - Employment in Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries
Table 24 - Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2004
Table 25 - Weight of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2004
Table 26 - U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode Share: 2004
Table 27 - Top 20 U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments: 2004
Table 28 - U.S. Trade in Transportation-Related Commodities: 2004
Figure 11 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Sales: Model Years 1985–2005
Table 29 - Government Transportation Revenues by Mode and Level of Government
Table 30 - Government Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds
Chapter 6 - Environment
Figure 12 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Fuel Economy Averages: Model Years 1985–2004
Figure 13 - U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use: 1985–2004
Table 31 - Wetlands Impacted and Mitigated Under the Federal-Aid Highway Program
Figure 14 - Index of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation: 1990–2003
Glossary