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Table 3-29a: Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds, 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 56,329 77,230 100,629 108,284 114,587 116,461 125,882 130,542 133,359 138,361 145,659 154,845 U
Federal 24,737 28,291 30,859 32,950 35,266 37,270 39,668 40,769 40,774 41,766 41,303 43,975 48,401
State & local 31,592 48,939 69,770 75,334 79,321 79,190 86,214 89,772 92,585 96,596 104,355 110,871 U
Highways, total 34,553 46,604 62,563 66,526 68,954 69,991 74,531 79,309 81,550 84,212 89,454 95,494 U
Federal 11,706 15,030 15,452 15,859 16,773 18,081 20,053 20,078 20,622 21,347 20,652 23,589 27,657
State & local 22,847 31,574 47,112 50,667 52,182 51,910 54,478 59,232 60,927 62,865 68,802 71,905 U
Air, total 5,673 7,903 12,568 13,974 15,916 17,408 17,941 16,960 17,273 18,776 19,593 21,789 U
Federal 3,762 4,947 7,305 8,282 9,313 10,049 10,146 10,389 10,135 10,137 10,622 10,722 9,556
State & local 1,911 2,955 5,263 5,692 6,604 7,359 7,795 6,571 7,138 8,639 8,971 11,067 U
Transit, total 8,949 16,333 19,261 20,857 22,322 21,279 25,088 26,162 26,346 26,875 28,108 29,027 U
Federal 3,307 3,427 3,832 3,917 3,675 3,517 3,770 4,474 4,375 4,583 4,302 4,265 5,337
State & local 5,642 12,906 15,429 16,939 18,647 17,763 21,318 21,688 21,971 22,292 23,806 24,762 U
Water, total 4,477 5,124 5,480 5,847 6,167 6,593 7,046 6,628 6,775 6,996 7,137 7,682 U
Federal 3,308 3,642 3,537 3,833 4,304 4,462 4,457 4,380 4,238 4,212 4,384 4,565 4,810
State & local 1,168 1,481 1,943 2,014 1,863 2,131 2,589 2,247 2,538 2,783 2,753 3,117 U
Rail, total 2,419 1,072 541 783 906 819 845 1,043 1,015 1,148 1,099 565 U
Federal 2,395 1,057 534 779 900 811 833 1,034 1,004 1,131 1,076 546 755
State & local 23 15 7 3 6 8 12 9 11 17 23 19 U
Pipeline, totalb RZ 8 26 28 32 34 36 43 33 29 32 30 U
Federal RZ RZ 9 9 12 14 14 19 33 29 32 30 27
State & local RZ 8 17 19 20 20 22 24 U U U U U
General support, totalc 259 187 191 270 289 337 396 396 367 327 236 258 259
Federal–general support 259 187 191 270 289 337 396 396 367 327 236 258 259

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

a All data have been revised.

b Includes gas and liquid pipeline.

c General support represents administrative and operating expenditures of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission (terminated at the end 1995), and the National Transportation Safety Board.

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).