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National Transportation Statistics 2001

National Transportation Statistics 2001

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NOTE: This edition of the National Transportation Statistics is provided as a historical reference. A newer edition of this publication, with more recent data for many items, is available. Some information and data in the historical document for a stated time period may differ from that for the same time period in the newer edition, reflecting revisions in the data by the source

Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Front Matter
Introduction
Table A - Social and Economic Characteristics of the United States
Chapter 1 - The Transportation System
Section A - Physical Extent
Table 1-1 - System Mileage Within the United States
Table 1-2 - Number of Air Carriers, Railroads, Interstate Motor Carriers, Marine Vessel Operators, and Pipeline Operators
Table 1-3 - Number of U.S. Airports
Table 1-4 - Public Road and Street Mileage in the United States by Type of Surface
Table 1-5 - U.S. Public Road and Street Mileage by Functional System
Table 1-6 - Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Miles by Functional System
Table 1-7 - Number of Stations Served by Amtrak and Rail Transit, Fiscal Year
Table 1-8 - U.S. Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage
Section B - Vehicle, Aircraft, and Vessel Inventory
Table 1-9 - Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances
Table 1-10 - Sales or Deliveries of New Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and other Conveyances
Table 1-11 - Active Air Carrier and General Aviation Fleet by Type of Aircraft
Table 1-12 - U.S. Automobile and Truck Fleets by Use
Table 1-13 - Annual U.S. Motor Vehicle Production and Factory (Wholesale) Sales
Table 1-14 - Retail New Passenger Car Sales
Table 1-15 - New and Used Passenger Car Sales and Leases
Table 1-16 - Retail Sales of New Cars by Sector
Table 1-17 - Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periods
Table 1-18 - Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Light Trucks, Selected Sales Periods
Table 1-19 - World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries
Table 1-20 - Number and Size of the U.S. Flag Merchant Fleet and Its Share of the World Fleet
Section C - Condition
Table 1-21 - U.S. Airport Runway Pavement Conditions
Table 1-22 - Median Age of Automobiles and Trucks in Operation in the U.S.
Table 1-23 - Condition of U.S. Roadways by Functional System
Table 1-24 - Condition of U.S. Bridges
Table 1-25 - Average Age of Urban Transit Vehicles
Table 1-26 - Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built
Table 1-27 - Age and Availability of Amtrak Locomotive and Car Fleets
Table 1-28 - U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age
Section D - Travel and Goods Movement
Table 1-29 - U.S. Vehicle-Miles
Table 1-30 - Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class
Table 1-31 - U.S. Passenger-Miles
Table 1-32 - Principal Means of Transportation to Work
Table 1-33 - Long-Distance Travel in the United States by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995
Table 1-34 - Long-Distance Travel in the United States by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995
Table 1-35 - U.S. Air Carrier Aircraft Departures, Enplaned Revenue Passengers, and Enplaned Revenue Tons
Table 1-36 - Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports
Table 1-37 - Air Passenger Travel Arrivals in the United States from Selected Foreign Countries
Table 1-38 - Air Passenger Travel Departures from the United States to Selected Foreign Countries
Table 1-39 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 1999
Table 1-40 - U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 1999
Table 1-41 - U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight
Table 1-42 - Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight and Passenger Modes
Table 1-43 - Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments: 1998
Table 1-44 - U.S.-Canadian Border, Land Freight Gateways: 1999
Table 1-45 - U.S.-Mexican Border, Land Freight Gateways: 1999
Table 1-46 - U.S. Waterborne Freight
Table 1-47 - Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons
Table 1-48 - Growth of Freight Activity in the United States: Comparison of the 1997 and 1993 Commodity Flow Surveys
Table 1-49 - Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments, 1997
Table 1-50 - Value of U.S. Land Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Mode
Table 1-51 - Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Transported in the United States by Mode
Table 1-52 - U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Mode of Transportation, 1997
Table 1-53 - U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class, 1997
Table 1-54 - Worldwide Commercial Space Launches
Section E - Physical Performance
Table 1-55 - Passengers Denied Boarding by the Largest U.S. Air Carriers
Table 1-56 - Mishandled-Baggage Reports Filed by Passengers with the Largest U.S. Air Carriers
Table 1-57 - Flight Operations Arriving On Time by the Largest U.S. Air Carriers
Table 1-58 - FAA-Cited Causes of Departure and Enroute Delays
Table 1-59 - Major U.S. Air Carrier Delays, Cancellations, and Diversions
Table 1-60 - Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Capita
Table 1-61 - Roadway Congestion Index
Table 1-62 - Congestion Index and Cost Values
Table 1-63 - Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause
Chapter 2 - Transportation Safety
Section A - Multimodal
Table 2-1 - Transportation Fatalities by Mode
Table 2-2 - Injured Persons by Transportation Mode
Table 2-3 - Transportation Accidents by Mode
Table 2-4 - Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode
Table 2-5 - Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety and Property Damage Data
Table 2-6 - Hazardous Materials Safety and Property Damage Data
Table 2-7 - Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalities
Table 2-8 - Reporting Thresholds for Property Damage by U.S. Department of Transportation Modal Administrations
Section B - Air
Table 2-9 - U.S. Air Carrier Safety Data
Table 2-10 - U.S. Commuter Air Carrier Safety Data
Table 2-11 - U.S. Air Carrier Fatal Accidents by First Phase of Operation
Table 2-12 - U.S. Commuter Air Carrier Fatal Accidents by First Phase of Operation
Table 2-13 - U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi Safety Data
Table 2-14 - U.S. General Aviation Safety Data
Table 2-15 - Number of Pilot-Reported Near Midair Collisions (NMAC) by Degree of Hazard
Table 2-16 - Airline Passenger Screening Results by Type of Weapons Detected, Persons Arrested, and Bomb Threats Received
Section C - Highway
Table 2-17 - Motor Vehicle Safety Data
Table 2-18 - Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Vehicle-Miles, and Associated Rates by Highway Functional System
Table 2-19 - Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities
Table 2-20 - Occupant and Non-Motorist Fatalities in Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement
Table 2-21 - Passenger Car Occupant Safety Data
Table 2-22 - Motorcycle Rider Safety Data
Table 2-23 - Truck Occupant Safety Data
Table 2-24 - Bus Occupant Safety Data
Table 2-25 - Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in Highway Crashes
Table 2-26 - Number of States with Different Types of Anti-DUI/DWI Legislation in Effect as of January 1 of the Listed Year
Table 2-27 - Motor Vehicle Fatal Crashes by Day of Week, Time of Day, and Weather and Light Conditions
Table 2-28 - Motor Vehicle Fatal Crashes by Posted Speed Limit
Table 2-29 - Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use
Table 2-30 - Estimated Number of Lives Saved by Use of Restraints
Section D - Transit
Table 2-31 - Transit Safety and Property Damage Data
Table 2-32 - Transit Safety Data by Mode for All Reported Accidents
Table 2-33 - Transit Safety Data by Mode for All Reported Incidents
Table 2-34 - Reports of Violent Crime, Property Crime, and Arrests by Transit Mode
Section E - Railroad
Table 2-35 - Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Victim Class
Table 2-36 - Railroad and Grade-Crossing Injured Persons by Victim Class
Table 2-37 - Train Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents by Type of Accident
Table 2-38 - Railroad Passenger Safety Data
Table 2-39 - Railroad System Safety and Property Damage Data
Table 2-40 - Fatalities and Injuries of On-Duty Railroad Employees
Section F - Water
Table 2-41 - Waterborne Transportation Safety and Property Damage Data Related to Vessel Casualties
Table 2-42 - Waterborne Transportation Safety Data not Related to Vessel Casualties
Table 2-43 - Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage Data
Table 2-44 - Personal Watercraft Safety Data
Table 2-45 - U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue Statistics, Fiscal Year
Section G - Pipeline
Table 2-46 - Hazardous Liquid and Natural Gas Pipeline Safety and Property Damage Data
Chapter 3 - Transportation and the Economy
Section A - Transportation And The Total Economy
Table 3-1a - U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services (Current $ billions)
Table 3-1b - U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services (Chained 1996 $ billions)
Table 3-2a - U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand (Current $ billions)
Table 3-2b - U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand (Chained 1996 $ billions)
Table 3-3a - U.S. Gross Domestic Demand (GDD) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand (Current $ billions)
Table 3-3b - U.S. Gross Domestic Demand (GDD) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand (Chained 1996 $ billions)
Table 3-4a - Contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries (Current $ billions)
Table 3-4b - Contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries (Chained 1996 $ billions)
Table 3-5 - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Major Social Function
Table 3-6 - National Transportation and Economic Trends
Section B - Transportation And Consumer Expenditures
Table 3-7 - Passenger and Freight Transportation Expenditures
Table 3-8 - Sales Price of Transportation Fuel to End-Users
Table 3-9 - Price Trends of Gasoline v. Other Consumer Goods and Services
Table 3-10 - Producer Price Indices for Transportation Services
Table 3-11 - Producer Price Indices for Transportation Equipment
Table 3-12 - Personal Expenditures by Category
Table 3-13 - Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory
Table 3-14 - Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile
Table 3-15a - Average Passenger Fares (Current $)
Table 3-15b - Average Passenger Fares (Chained 1996 $)
Section C - Transportation Revenues, Employment, And Productivity
Table 3-16 - Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile
Table 3-17 - Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile
Table 3-18 - Total Operating Revenues
Table 3-19 - Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries
Table 3-20 - Employment in Transportation Occupations
Table 3-21 - Average Wage and Salary Accruals per Full-Time Equivalent Employee by Transportation Industry
Table 3-22 - Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation
Table 3-23 - Total Wage and Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry
Table 3-24 - Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries
Section D - Government Finance
Table 3-25a - Federal, State, and Local Government Transportation-Related Revenues and Expenditures, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3-25b - Federal, State, and Local Government Transportation-Related Revenues and Expenditures, Fiscal Year (Constant 1996 $ millions)
Table 3-26 - Federal Transportation-Related Revenues, Fiscal Year (Constant 1996 $ millions)
Table 3-27a - Federal Transportation-Related Expenditures by Mode, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3-27b - Federal Transportation-Related Expenditures by Mode, Fiscal Year (Constant 1996 $ millions)
Table 3-28 - Cash Balances of the Transportation-Related Federal Trust Funds, Fiscal Year
Table 3-29a - Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3-29b - Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds, Fiscal Year (Constant 1996 $ millions)
Table 3-30a - Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3-30b - Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year (Constant 1996 $ millions)
Chapter 4 - Transportation, Energy, and the Environment
Section A - U.S. and Transportation Sector Energy Consumption
Table 4-1 - Overview of U.S. Petroleum Production, Imports, Exports, and Consumption
Table 4-2 - U.S. Consumption of Energy from Primary Sources by Sector
Table 4-3 - Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector
Section B - Transportation Energy Consumption By Mode
Table 4-4 - U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector
Table 4-5 - Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-6 - Energy Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-7 - Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode
Table 4-8 - Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-9 - Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-10 - Estimated Consumption of Alternative and Replacement Fuels for Highway Vehicles
Table 4-11 - Passenger Car and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-12 - Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-13 - Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-14 - Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-15 - Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-16 - Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel
Table 4-17 - Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-18 - Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-19 - U.S. Government Energy Consumption by Agency and Source
Section C - Transportation Energy Intensity And Fuel Efficiency
Table 4-20 - Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes
Table 4-21 - Energy Intensity of Certificated Air Carriers, All Services
Table 4-22 - Energy Intensity of Passenger Cars, Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicles, and Motorcycles
Table 4-23 - Average Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
Table 4-24 - Energy Intensity of Transit Motor Buses
Table 4-25 - Energy Intensity of Class I Railroad Freight Service
Table 4-26 - Energy Intensity of Amtrak Services
Table 4-27 - Annual Wasted Fuel Due to Congestion
Table 4-28 - Wasted Fuel per Eligible Driver
Section D - Air Pollution
Table 4-29 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light-Duty Vehicles
Table 4-30a - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT1) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-30b - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT2) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-30c - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT3) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-30d - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT4) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-31 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (MDPV)
Table 4-32a - Federal Exhaust Emissions Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Heavy-Duty Trucks (Grams per brake horsepower-hour)
Table 4-32b - Federal Exhaust Emissions Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Heavy Heavy-Duty Trucks (Grams per brake horsepower-hour)
Table 4-33 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured Motorcycles
Table 4-34 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured and In-Use Aircraft Engines
Table 4-35 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Locomotives
Table 4-36 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured Marine Spark-Ignition Outboard, Personal Watercraft, and Jet-Boat Engines
Table 4-37 - Tier 2 Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured Commercial Marine Compression-Ignition Engines
Table 4-38 - Estimated National Average Vehicle Emissions Rates by Vehicle Type and Fuel
Table 4-39 - Estimated National Average Vehicle Emissions Rates by Vehicle Type Using Reformulated Gasoline
Table 4-40 - Estimated National Emissions of Carbon Monoxide
Table 4-41 - Estimated National Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides
Table 4-42 - Estimated National Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds
Table 4-43 - Estimated National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-10)
Table 4-44 - Estimated National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-2.5)
Table 4-45 - Estimated National Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide
Table 4-46 - Estimated National Emissions of Lead
Table 4-47 - Air Pollution Trends in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Table 4-48 - Areas in Nonattainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Criteria Pollutants
Table 4-49 - U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector, 1990-1998
Section E - Water Pollution, Noise And Solid Waste
Table 4-50 - Petroleum Oil Spills Impacting Navigable U.S. Waters
Table 4-51 - Leaking Underground Storage Tank Releases and Cleanups
Table 4-52 - Highway Noise Barrier Construction
Table 4-53 - Number of People Residing in High Noise Areas around U.S. Airports
Table 4-54 - Motor Vehicles Scrapped
Appendix A - Modal Profiles
Air Carrier Profile
General Aviation Profile
Highway Profile
Automobile Profile
Truck Profile
Bus Profile
Transit Profile
Rail Profile
Water Transport Profile
Oil Pipeline Profile
Natural Gas Pipeline Profile
Appendix B - Metric Conversion Tables
Table 1-1M - System Kilometers Within the United States
Table 1-6M - Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Kilometers by Functional System
Table 1-29M - U.S. Vehicle-Kilometers
Table 1-30M - Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometer by Functional Class
Table 1-31M - U.S. Passenger-Kilometers
Table 1-41M - U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight
Table 1-42M - Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight and Passenger Modes
Table 1-46M - U.S. Waterborne Freight
Table 1-51M - Crude Oil Transported in the United States by Mode
Table 4-3M - Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector
Table 4-5M - Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-6M - Energy Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-7M - Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode
Table 4-8M - Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-9M - Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-11M - Passenger Car and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-13M - Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-14M - Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-15M - Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-16M - Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel
Table 4-17M - Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-19M - U.S. Government Energy Consumption by Agency and Source
Table 4-20M - Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes
Table 4-21M - Energy Intensity of Certificated Air Carriers, All Services
Table 4-22M - Energy Intensity of Passenger Cars, Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicles, and Motorcycles
Table 4-23M - Average Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Passenger Cars, Light Trucks, and Light-Duty Vehicles
Table 4-24M - Energy Intensiveness of Transit Motor Buses
Table 4-25M - Energy Intensity of Class I Railroad Freight Service
Appendix C - Source and Accuracy Statements
Chapter 1
Box 1-1
Chapter 2
Box 2-1
Chapter 3
Box 3-1
Chapter 4
Table 4-1
Table 4-2
Appendix D - Glossary
Appendix D
Appendix E - List of Acronyms and Initialisms
Appendix E