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Table 3-30b: Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year

(Chained 2000 $ millions)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total, all modes 28,278 27,642 26,172 25,906 26,552 27,516 26,956 29,014 28,057 28,498 26,971 29,080 35,277 37,593 40,252 39,013
Highway 20,910 21,307 19,525 19,069 19,953 20,492 21,209 21,599 21,204 21,796 20,566 22,943 25,710 26,861 28,247 27,319
Air 1,142 1,200 1,621 1,948 2,079 2,307 1,875 2,137 1,875 1,638 1,629 1,636 1,578 1,964 2,703 2,474
Transit 6,120 5,064 4,967 4,836 4,459 4,650 3,783 5,161 4,870 4,969 4,682 4,417 7,942 8,708 9,230 9,170
Watera RZ 18 34 44 45 44 46 73 62 34 35 22 9 1 RZ RZ
Rail 105 53 19 3 8 14 32 25 26 41 38 40 13 30 41 20
Pipeline RZ RZ 6 6 7 8 6 14 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 19
General supportb 5 6 RZ RZ RZ 0 6 7 7 7 6 6 8 10 11 11

KEY: R = revised; RZ = no activity or a value of zero; "0" = value too small to report

a Includes only federal grants for Boat Safety Program.

b General support is a new addition to the table. It includes federal grants to state and local governments for research and special programs, and emergency preparedness.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Beginning in 1995 a new methodology is used, numbers from years prior to 1995 are not comparable, see the Government Transportation Financial Statistics report for details.

SOURCES

1980: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, unpublished data.

1985-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Government Transportation Financial Statistics: 2007

Constant dollar deflator: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, Washington, DC, table 3.9.4, "Chain-Type Price Index."