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Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2001

Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2001

NOTE: This edition of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report is provided as a historical reference.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 Some information and data in the historical document for a stated time period may differ from that for the same time period in the newer edition, reflecting revisions in the data by the source.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
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1 - Summary
Chapter 2 - State of Transportation Statistics
Box 1 - The Unique Characteristics of Transportation Data
The Importance of Data
Box 2 - Historical Highlights: Transportation Statistics
Today’s Transportation Data System
Box 3 - Categories of Data Users and Their Needs
Box 4 - Telephone Surveys: Who Gets Left Out
Box 5 - Data Confidentiality
Box 6 - One Intermodal Shipment
BTS: A Leader in Transportation Statistics
The Future
Chapter 3 - Transportation System Condition and Extent
Introduction
Transportation System Extent
Table 1 - Highways: 2000 Data
Table 2 - Air: 2000 Data
Table 3 - Rail: 2000 Data
Table 4 - Transit: 2000 Data
Table 5 - Water: 2000 Data
Table 6 - Pipeline: 1999 Data
Information Technology Use
Figure 1 - ITS Infrastructure Deployment in 75 Metropolitan Areas: 1997 and 2000
Roads
Figure 1 - Trends in Lane-Miles of Roadway by Functional Class: 1980–2000
U.S. Vehicle Fleet
Figure 1 - Highway Vehicle Trends: 1990–2000
Magnetic Levitation High-Speed Rail
Table 1 - Maglev Corridors and Funding
Urban Transit
Figure 1 - Revenue Vehicle-Miles by Urban Transit Mode: 1991–2000
Table 1 - Vehicles Purchased Under the Area Formula Funding Program: Fiscal Year 2000
Box - Rural Transit
U.S.-Flag Vessels
Table 1 - Cargo-Carrying U.S.-Flag Fleet by Area of Operation: January 2000–June 2000
Table 2 - U.S.-Flag Fleet of Passenger Vessels, Tugs/Towboats, and Other Work Boats
Table 3 - Privately Owned Self-Propelled Merchant Vessels with Unrestricted Domestic Trading Privileges (Jones Act): As of April 1, 2001
Ports and Cargo-Handling Services
Table 1 - U.S. Public Port Capital Expenditures by Type of Facility: 1996–2000
Table 2 - Top 25 U.S. Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls: 2000
Airport Runways
Table 1 - U.S. Airport Runway Pavement Conditions: 1986 and 2000
Table 2 - Runway Expansion Projects
Highway Conditions
Table 1 - Condition of Roads: 1993 and 2000
Figure 1 - Roads in Poor or Mediocre Condition by Functional Class: 1993–2000
Box - Highway Classification
Bridge Conditions
Figure 1 - Structurally Deficient and Functionally Obsolete Bridges: 1990–2000
Table 1 - Bridge Conditions by Functional Class: 2000
Map - Bridge Conditions by State: 2000
Chapter 4 - Mobility and Access To Transportation
Introduction
Passenger Travel
Figure 1 - Passenger-Miles of Travel
Box - Estimating Passenger-Miles of Travel
Figure 2 - Increases in Passenger-Miles of Travel and Factors Affecting Travel Demand: 1975–2000
Vehicle-Miles of Travel
Box - The Highway Performance Monitoring System
Figure 1 - Changes in Vehicle-Miles of Travel by Vehicle Type: 1990–2000
Map - Percentage Change in Vehicle-Miles of Travel: 1990–2000
International Travel To and From the United States
Box 1 - Security and Travel Time Post-September 11
Box 2 - Data on International Travel To and From the United States
Figure 1 - International Overnight Visitors to the United States: 1990–2000
Figure 2 - International Trips by U.S. Residents: 1990–2000
Table 1 - Top 15 Countries of Origin of International Overnight Visitors to the United States: 2000
Table 2 - Top 15 Countries Visited Overnight by U.S. Residents: 2000
Top Passenger Border Crossings
Table 1 - Land Gateways on the Canadian and Mexican Borders: 2000
Table 2 - Top 5 Gateways for Passengers in Personal Vehicles Entering the United States: 2000
Enplanements at Major U.S. Airports
Table 1 - Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports
ADA Access to Public Transit Services
Table 1 - ADA Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Transit Buses: 1993–2000
Figure 1 - ADA Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Buses: 1994–2000
Table 2 - ADA Accessible Heavy-Rail Stations by Agency: 1997 and 2000
Commuting to Work
Table 1 - Mode of Travel to Work: 2000
Figure 1 - Usual Means of Travel to Work: 1990 and 2000
Transit Ridership
Figure 1 - Transit Ridership by Mode: 1990–2000
Households Without Vehicles
Figure 1 - Households Without Vehicles: 1989 and 1999
Figure 2 - Households Without Vehicles in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas: 1989 and 1999
Figure 3 - Households Without Vehicles by Region: 1989 and 1999
Box - “Census Island,” USA
Highway Congestion in Metropolitan Areas
Table 1 - Congestion Measures in 68 Metropolitan Areas
Figure 1 - Annual Hours of Congesion Delay per Person by Metropolitan Area Size
Maps - Annual Person-Hours of Delay per Person: 1982 and 1999
U.S. Airline Delays
Figure 1 - U.S. Major Air Carriers On-Time Performance: 1996–2001
Figure 2 - FAA-Cited Causes of Delays: 2001
Box 1 - Impacts of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks
Table 1 - Top 10 Large Airports for Percentage of Flights Delayed, Canceled, or Diverted: 2001
Domestic Freight Shipments
Figure 1 - Growth in Domestic Freight Ton-Miles: 1975–1999
Figure 2 - Domestic Ton-Miles, Gross Domestic Product, and Resident Population: 1975–1999
Box - Freight Analysis Framework Tool
Air Cargo
Table 1 - Domestic Air Revenue Freight Tons and Ton-Miles: 1991–2000
Figure 1 - Domestic Air Revenue Freight Ton-Miles, Population, and Real Gross Domestic Product: 1991–2000
Figure 2 - Enplaned Air Revenue Tonnage by Type of Service: 1991–2000
Figure 3 - Domestic Air Revenue Freight Capacity: 1991–2000
U.S. Container Trade
Table 1 - Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: Traffic and Channel Depth: 1992–2000
Figure 1 - Balance of U.S. International Container Trade—Net Imports: 1993–2000
Intermodal Freight Capacity
Box - The Intermodal Bottleneck Evaluation Tool
Table 1 - Airport Freight Capacity and Bottleneck Measures: 1999
Table 2 - Seaport Freight Capacity and Bottleneck Measures: 1999
Intermodal Rail Traffic
Figure 1 - U.S. Intermodel Rail Traffic: 1996–2000
Figure 2 - Rail Trailer/Container Flatcars: 1996–2000
ITS and Commercial Vehicle Operations
Map - PrePass System Sites
Figure 1 - Growth in the Use of PrePass: 1996–2001
Chapter 5 - Security
Introduction
Terrorist Threats to Transportation
Box - Calculating Fatalities Resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks
Figure 1 - International Attacks Against U.S. Interests as a Proportion of Total Attacks: 1990–2000
Table 1 - International Terrorist Incidents and Casualties: 1990–2000
Figure 2 - Worldwide Violent Acts Against Transportation: 1995–1998
Table 2 - Worldwide Casualties by Transportation Mode: 1998
Table 3 - Percentage of Worldwide Violent Attacks on Transportation, by Mode: 1998
International Terrorism and Civil Aviation
Figure 1 - Worldwide Civil Aviation Hijackings: 1970–2000
Table 1 - Incidents Against Aviation by Category: 1996–2000
Figure 2 - Incidents Against Aviation by Geographic Region: 1996–2000
Maritime Security
Figure 1 - International Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships: 1995–2001
Table 1 - U.S. Port Cargo Vessel Calls: 2000
Hazardous Materials Transportation Security
Box - People and Firms Licensed to Carry Hazardous Materials
Movement of Military Forces and Equipment
Figure 1 - National Guard and Reserve Mobilized: Sept. 26, 2001–Feb. 6, 2002
Figure 2 - National Defense Reserve Fleet: 1960–2001
Table 1 - Members of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Map - Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)
Alien Smuggling and Interdiction
Figure 1 - U.S. Coast Guard Migrant Interdictions at Sea: 1991–2001
Figure 2 - U.S. Coast Guard Interdictions at Sea by Nationality: 2001
Drug Smuggling and Interdiction
Figure 1 - Federal Drug Control Spending by Function: Fiscal Year 2001
Figure 2 - U.S. Coast Guard Drug Seizures: Fiscal Years 1991–2000
U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing
Figure 1 - U.S. Civil and Military Aircraft Production: 1991–2001
Figure 2 - Aerospace Exports and Imports
U.S. Merchant Shipbuilding and Repair
Table 1 - World Orderbook as of September 2001
Figure 1 - U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding Orderbook History: As of January 2002
Figure 2 - Federal Ship Financing Program: Fiscal Years 1994–2001
World Petroleum Reserves
Table 1 - World Petroleum Endowment
Transportation’s Dependence on Imported Oil
Figure 1 - U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975–2000
Table 1 - Major Suppliers of U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
Figure 2 - U.S. Oil Imports
Chapter 6 - Safety
Introduction
Figure 1 - Leading Causes of Death of People of All Ages in the United States: 2000
Transportation Fatalities: A Modal Picture
Figure 1 - Total Fatalities by All Modes of Transportation
Table 1 - Transportation Fatalities: A Modal Picture—2000
Transportation Fatality Rates
Table 1 - Fatalities by Transportation Mode
Figure 1 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes
Highway Crash Characteristics
Table 1 - Total Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Type of Crash: 2000
Figure 1 - Growth in the Number of Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
Highway Crashes on Rural and Urban Roads
Table 1 - Fatal Crashes by Speed Limits and Type of Road: 2000
Alcohol-Related Highway Crashes
Figure 1 - Alcohol-Related Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes: 1982–2000
Figure 2 - Alcohol Involvement of Drivers in Fatal Crashes by Age: 2000
Map - Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Fatality Rates per 100,000 Licensed Drivers and Illegal Blood Alcohol Content Levels: 2000
Occupant Protection: Safety Belts, Air Bags, and Child Restraints
Figure 1 - Estimated Number of Lives Saved Each Year by Use of Safety Belts: 1975–2000
Map 1 - Safety Belt Use Rates: 2000
Map 2 - Type of Safety Belt Use Laws, by State: As of 2001
Cell Phones and Motor Vehicles
Figure 1 - Cell Phone Service Subscriptions: 1985–July 2001
Table 1 - State Laws on the Use of Cellular Telephones: As of November 2001
Large Trucks
Figure 1 - Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes: 1975–2000
Table 1 - Driver-Related Factors Cited in Two-Vehicle Fatal Crashes Between Large Trucks and Passenger Vehicles: 2000
Figure 2 - Motor Carrier Vehicle Inspections
Figure 3 - Percentage of Vehicle Inspections in Which the Vehicle is Taken Out of Service: 1984–2000
Bicyclists
Figure 1 - Bicycle Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes: 1975–2000
Table 1 - Pedalcyclist Fatalities by Age Group: 1975 and 2000
Figure 2 - Bicycle Fatalities by Age of Bicyclist: 1975–2000
Pedestrians
Figure 1 - Pedestrian Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes: 1975–2000
Table 1 - Factors Relating to Pedestrian Fatalities: 2000
Figure 2 - Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2000
Commercial Aviation
Figure 1 - Commercial Aviation Accidents by Type of Operation:1990–2001
Box - Aviation Fatalities Resulting from Sabotage, Suicide, or Terrorism
Figure 2 - Commercial Carrier Accident Rates: 1990–2001
Table 1 - Number of Commercial Aviation Fatalities by Type of Operation: 1990–2001
General Aviation
Table 1 - Fatal Accidents and Deaths by Type of Aviation Operation: 1990–2001
Figure 1 - General Aviation Fatality Rates: 1975–2001
Figure 2 - General Aviation Fatalities: 1990–2001
Commercial Maritime Vessel Incidents
Table 1 - Number of Commercial Vessel Incidents by Type of Vessel—Top 10 Vessel Types: 1992–2000
Figure 1 - Worker Fatalities on Fishing Vessels: 1995–1999
Figure 2 - Commercial Vessel Incidents Involving Recreational Boats: 1992–2000
Recreational Boating
Figure 1 - Recreational Boating Accidents, Injuries, and Fatalities: 1990–2000
Table 1 - Types of Recreational Boating Accidents: 2000
Table 2 - Number of Fatalities by Type of Vessel: 2000
Table 3 - Recreational Boating Accidents Due to Operator Error: 2000
Rail
Table 1 - Train Accidents and Fatalities
Figure 1 - Rail-Related Fatality Rate: 1978–2000
Figure 2 - Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Fatalities: 1993–2000
Pipelines
Box - Pipeline Accident and Incident Data Reporting
Figure 1 - Fatalities in Pipeline Incidents
Table 1 - U.S. Gas Transmission Pipeline Incidents: 1995–2000
Table 2 - U.S. Gas Distribution Pipeline Incidents: 1995–2000
Table 3 - U.S. Liquid Pipeline Accidents by Cause: 1995–2000
Hazardous Materials Transportation Accidents and Incidents
Table 1 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Fatalities, Injuries, and Incidents: 1991–2000
Box - Infectious Substance: Anthrax
Table 2 - Hazardous Materials Incidents for the Highway, Air, and Rail Modes: 1995–2000
Worker Fatalities
Table 1 - Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalities: 1992 and 2000
Box - Transportation Worker Fatalities and September 2001
Table 2 - Occupational Fatalities in Transportation Occupations: 2000
Table 3 - Occupational Fatality Rates of Transportation Occupations: 1993–2000
Chapter 7 - Economic Growth
Introduction
Transportation Demand in GDP Growth
Table 1 - Transportation-Related Components of U.S. Gross Domestic Product: 1975 and 2000
Figure 1 - U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Societal Function: 2000
Transportation-Related Employment by Industry
Figure 1 - Employment in Transportation-Related Industries: January 1980–January 2001
Box - Transportation Employment Affected in 2001
For-Hire Transportation Industry
Table 1 - U.S. Gross Domestic Product Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Industries
Figure 1 - For-Hire Transportation Shares in the Gross Domestic Product: 1960 and 2000
Transportation Labor Productivity
Figure 1 - Labor Productivity Trends by Mode
Consumer Prices for Transportation
Figure 1 - Consumer Price Indexes for Selected Items: 1978–2000
Figure 2 - Consumer Price Indexes for Purchased and Private Transportation Services: 1978–2000
Gasoline Prices
Figure 1 - Price of Motor Gasoline vs. Consumption: January 1999–October 2001
Figure 2 - Fuel Cost per Dollar of Net Output of the For-Hire Transportation Industries: 1999 and 2000
Household Spending on Transportation
Table 1 - Consumer Expenditure Trends
Table 2 - Household Transportation Expenditures: 2000
Figure 1 - Average Household Transportation Expenditures and Vehicle-Miles Traveled: 1984–2000
Table 3 - Annual Household Transportation Expenditures by Region: 1995 and 2000
Figure 2 - Household Transportation Expenditures by Age Group: 2000
Government Transportation Revenues and Expenditures
Table 1 - Government Transportation Revenues
Figure 1 - Government Transportation Revenues by Mode: FY 1985–1999
Table 2 - Government Transportation Expenditures
Figure 2 - Government Transportation Expenditures by Mode: FY 1985–1999
Map 1 - Per Capita State and Local Transportation Revenues: FY 1999
Map 2 - Per Capita State and Local Transportation Expenditures After Federal Grants: FY 1999
Fuel Tax Revenue
Figure 1 - Highway Trust Fund Revenue Sources
Box - Where the Fuel Tax Revenues are Kept
Figure 2 - Federal Motor Fuel Tax per Household: 1966–1999
Figure 3 - Share of Federal Motor Fuel Tax in Household Disposable Income: 1966–1999
Highway Capital Stocks
Box - Transportation Infrastructure Capital Stock Account
Figure 1 - Real Growth in Highway Capital Stocks Compared with Vehicle Stocks: 1925–2000
International Trade
Figure 1 - Top 10 U.S. Trade Partners, All Modes of Transportation: 2000
Box - International Trade Data
Table 1 - Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2000
Table 2 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Ports for International Trade by Value and Weight: 2000
Table 3 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Trade Partners by Value and Weight: 2000
Figure 2 - Top 10 U.S. Trade Partners by Air: 2000
NAFTA Trade
Figure 1 - U.S. Merchandise Trade with NAFTA Partners: 1994–2000
Figure 2 - Top 6 Ports for U.S. Land Trade with NAFTA Partners, by Value: 2000
Table 1 - Major NAFTA Border Crossings: 1996 and 2000
Table 2 - Top 10 U.S. Origins/Destinations for North American Merchandise Trade: 2000
U.S. Waterborne Trade
Figure 1 - U.S. Domestic Waterborne Trade: 2000 and 2001
Figure 2 - U.S. Foreign Waterborne Trade by Value: 1988–2000
Chapter 8 - Energy and the Environment
Introduction
Energy Use
Figure 1 - Transportation Energy Use and Other Trends: 1980–2000
Table 1 - Total Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector
Figure 2 - Transportation Energy Use by Mode: 1999
Petroleum Consumption
Figure 1 - U.S. Petroleum Use by Sector: 1973–2000
Alternative and Replacement Fuels
Table 1 - Fuel Consumption in the United States: 1992 and 2000 230 2000
Table 2 - Estimated Number of Alternative Fueled Vehicles in the United States, by Fuel: 1992 and 2000
Figure 1 - Estimated Vehicle Fuel Consumption in the United States: 2000
World Crude Oil Prices
Figure 1 - World Crude Oil Prices
Figure 2 - Average Motor Fuel Cost per Vehicle-Mile Traveled by Consumers: 1997–2001
Figure 3 - Vehicle-Miles Traveled in the United States: 1997–2001
Energy Intensity of Passenger Travel and Freight Transportation
Figure 1 - Energy Intensities of Passenger Modes: 1980–1999
Car and Light Truck Fuel Efficiency
Figure 1 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Fuel Economy Averages: Model Years 1978–2000
Table 1 - Changes in Fuel Economy Standards
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Figure 1 - U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector: 1990 and 2000
Box - EPA and EIA Data Differ
Table 1 - U.S. Transportation-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Figure 2 - U.S. Greenhouse Gas Intensity of the U.S. Economy
Air Pollutants
Box 1 - Data on Toxic Air Pollutants
Figure 1 - National Transportation Emissions Trends Index: 1970–1999
Box 2 - Mobile Source vs. Transportation Emissions
Figure 2 - Modal Share of Key Transportation Air Pollutants: 1999
Oil Spills
Figure 1 - Reported Oil Spills by Type: 1996–2000
Table 1 - Reported Oil Spills in U.S. Waterways: 1991–2000
Box - Sources of Petroleum Entering North American Waters
Dredging Waterways
Figure 1 - Disposal/Use of Material Dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Figure 2 - Cost of Dredging Navigable Waterways: 1990–2000
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Table 1 - Leaking Underground Storage Tank Releases and Cleanups
Transportation Wastes
Figure 1 - Disposition of All Used Rubber Tires
Figure 2 - Disposition of All Used Lead-Acid Batteries
Wetlands
Table 1 - Wetlands Lost and Created Under the Federal-Aid Highway Program: 1996–2000
Figure 1 - Effects of Transportation on the Environment
Transportation Environmental Indicators
Figure 1 - Effects of Transportation on the Environment
Appendix A - List of Acronyms and Initialisms
Appendix B - Glossary
Appendix C - List of Figures, Tables, Maps, and Boxes
Index
Map - Major Transportation Facilities of the United States