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Table 3-27a: Transportation Revenues by Mode and Level of Government, fiscal year

(Current $ millions)a

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
TOTAL, all modes 32,977 52,140 69,753 77,392 80,326 85,197 87,632 93,659 96,419 100,516 111,234 126,895 U
Federal 10,312 18,404 21,384 25,976 25,867 27,373 27,206 30,166 30,742 31,440 38,934 51,996 46,756
State 17,088 24,442 34,629 36,585 39,085 41,429 42,861 44,846 45,966 47,729 50,009 51,584 U
Local 5,577 9,294 13,740 14,832 15,373 16,394 17,566 18,647 19,711 21,348 22,291 23,315 U
Highway, total 25,268 38,166 49,945 53,838 57,780 60,465 62,316 66,743 71,179 71,814 77,299 88,668 U
Federal: Highway Trust Fund-Highway Accountb 7,647 12,906 13,453 15,303 16,572 16,864 17,005 19,377 22,692 21,314 24,307 33,823 30,347
State 16,287 22,960 32,644 34,462 36,916 39,149 40,557 42,415 43,353 45,034 47,214 48,784 U
Local 1,334 2,300 3,848 4,073 4,292 4,453 4,754 4,952 5,133 5,466 5,779 6,061 U
Air, total 4,100 6,711 10,119 11,924 11,872 12,744 13,101 13,954 11,298 13,544 18,176 21,079 U
Federal: Airport and Airways Trust Fundc 2,274 3,593 4,945 6,206 5,918 6,096 6,027 6,291 3,128 4,488 8,654 11,089 10,544
State 190 299 556 618 650 726 652 695 705 765 768 744 U
Local 1,636 2,818 4,617 5,101 5,304 5,922 6,422 6,968 7,465 8,291 8,754 9,246 U
Transit, total 2,397 5,636 7,193 8,778 7,482 8,570 8,948 9,352 10,171 11,417 11,872 13,186 U
Federal: Highway Trust Fund- Mass Transit Account RZ 1,420 1,977 3,149 1,816 2,735 2,691 2,813 3,282 3,996 4,326 5,478 4,625
State 362 847 1,074 1,123 1,126 1,145 1,218 1,257 1,308 1,339 1,384 1,404 U
Local 2,035 3,369 4,142 4,506 4,540 4,690 5,039 5,283 5,581 6,082 6,162 6,304 U
Water, total 1,211 1,626 2,487 2,840 3,174 3,393 3,242 3,567 3,733 3,704 3,850 3,923 U
Federal: Water Receiptsd 391 485 999 1,306 1,544 1,655 1,457 1,644 1,602 1,605 1,611 1,568 1,175
State 249 335 355 382 393 409 434 479 600 590 643 651 U
Local 572 807 1,133 1,152 1,237 1,329 1,351 1,444 1,531 1,509 1,597 1,704 U
Pipeline, total RZ RZ 10 11 14 15 19 35 31 30 29 30 40
Federal: Pipeline Safety Fund RZ RZ 10 11 14 15 19 35 31 30 29 30 40
General support, total RZ RZ RZ RZ 3 10 7 7 7 7 8 8 25
Federal: Emergency Preparedness Fund RZ RZ RZ RZ 3 10 7 7 7 7 8 8 25

KEY: RZ = no activity or a value of zero; U = data not available.

a All data have been revised.

b The tax requirement that allows for the 10% passenger ticket tax and certain other taxes paid by airport and airway users to be transferred to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund expired on Dec. 31, 1995; it was reenacted in August 1996; but expired again in December 1996.

c Beginning in 1983, a portion of the fuel tax credited to the Highway Trust Fund is earmarked for transit.

d Water receipts include the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, St. Lawrence Seaway tolls, the Inland Waterway Trust Fund, Panama Canal receipts, Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, Offshore Oil Pollution Fund, Deep Water Port Liability Fund, and Excise taxes of the Boat Safety Program.

NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES:

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

1985–2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Government Transportation Financial Statistics: FY 1985-2000 (Washington, DC: forthcoming).