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Table 3-30a: Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year

(Current $ millions)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total, all modes 14,617 18,176 19,697 20,492 21,351 23,038 23,283 24,793 24,760 25,913 25,014 27,824 35,277 38,668 42,593 42,282
Highway 10,807 14,007 14,695 15,083 16,044 17,158 18,319 18,457 18,712 19,819 19,073 21,952 25,710 27,630 29,890 29,608
Air 590 789 1,220 1,541 1,672 1,931 1,620 1,826 1,655 1,489 1,511 1,565 1,578 2,020 2,860 2,681
Transit 3,163 3,329 3,738 3,826 3,586 3,893 3,268 4,410 4,298 4,518 4,342 4,226 7,942 8,957 9,767 9,938
Watera RZ 12 26 35 36 37 39 62 55 31 32 21 9 1 RZ RZ
Rail 54 35 14 3 7 12 27 21 23 37 35 38 13 31 43 22
Pipeline RZ RZ 4 5 6 7 5 12 11 13 14 16 18 19 22 20
General support b 3 4 RZ RZ RZ 0 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 12

KEY: R = revised; RZ = no activity or a value of zero; "0" = value too small to report.

a Includes only federal grants for Boat Safety Program.

b General support is a new addition to the table. It includes federal grants to state and local governments for research and special programs, and emergency preparedness.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Beginning in 1995 a new methodology is used, numbers from years prior to 1995 are not comparable, see the Government Transportation Financial Statistics report for details.

SOURCES

1980: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, unpublished data.

1985-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Government Transportation Financial Statistics: 2007