Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 17-A
Transportation Expenditures After Transfer of Federal Grants as a Fraction of all Expenditures by Level of Government: FY 1985-1999

(Current $ millions)

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Mode 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Total, all government expenditures                              
Total government expenditures 1,604 1,708 1,781 1,891 2,035 2,229 2,388 2,538 2,623 2,726 2,867 2,958 3,062 3,182 3,329
Transportation own source 77 84 89 91 95 101 108 115 116 126 131 133 138 146 155
Transportation percent of total 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7
Federal expenditures                              
Total own source 946 990 1,004 1,064 1,144 1,253 1,324 1,382 1,410 1,462 1,516 1,561 1,601 1,653 1,703
Transportation excluding federal grants 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16
Transportation percent of total 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
State and Local expenditures                              
Total own source 658 717 777 827 891 976 1,063 1,157 1,214 1,264 1,351 1,398 1,461 1,529 1,626
Transportation including federal grants 67 74 79 80 84 89 96 101 102 109 115 118 123 129 139
Transportation percent of total 10.2 10.3 10.2 9.7 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5

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

SOURCES:
Federal:
Executive Office of the President of the United States, Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication); ________. Budget of the United States Government FY 2002 - Public Budget Database (Washington, D.C.), Outlays available at: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/db.html, as of October 2001; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication), Table FA-5; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aeronautics and Space Report of the President (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues), available at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/books/nasadoc.html, as of October 2001, Appendix E-3; and personal communication with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
State and Local:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, State and Local Government Finance Estimates (Washington, D.C.), available at: ftp://ftp.census.gov/pub/outgoing/govs/, as of October 2001.