Table 1: Growth Rates of Labor Productivity in Transportation and U.S. Business,,,,, "Growth Rates - annual, percentage",,,,, ,1990-2000,1990-2001,1990-1995,1995-2000,1995-2001 Air transportation,2.4,1.6,4.2,0.6,-0.6 Line-haul railroads,5.2,5.3,5.7,4.6,5.0 General freight trucking - long distance,1.7,1.4,1.5,2.0,1.3 U.S. Business,2.0,2.0,1.4,2.6,2.5 Source: The data on which these growth rates are based were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics internet site. For the three transportation industries: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/ipr.aiin.txt. For Private Business: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet.,,,,,