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Pocket Guide to Transportation 2001

Pocket Guide to Transportation 2001


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NOTE: This edition of the Pocket Guide is provided as a historical reference. A newer edition of this publication, with more recent data for many items, is available. Some information and data in the historical document for a stated time period may differ from that for the same time period in the newer edition, reflecting revisions in the data by the source.

Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use
Table 1, The Transportation Network: 1999
Chapter 2 - Transportation and Safety
Table 2, Fatalities by Transportation Mode
Table 3, Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 1999
Table 4, Occupant and Nonmotorist Fatalities in Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement: 1999
Figure 1, Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes
Figure 2, Fatality Rates for Selected Modes
Table 5, Injured Persons by Transportation Mode
Chapter 3 - Mobility
Table 6, Per Capita Passenger Travel and Freight Transportation
Table 7, Number of Aircraft, Vehicles, and Vessels
Table 8, Vehicle-Miles
Table 9, Passenger-Miles
Figure 3, Households by Number of Vehicles
Table 10, Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
Table 11, U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 1999
Table 12, U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 1999
Table 13, Top 20 U.S. Water Ports
Table 14, Domestic- and Export-Bound Freight Shipments within the United States: 1997
Chapter 4 - Transportation and the Economy
Figure 4, U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Societal Function: 1999
Figure 5, Average Household Expenditures by Major Category: 1998
Table 15, Top Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments: 1999
Table 16, Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 1999
Table 17, Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries
Chapter 5 - Transportation, Energy, and the Environment
Figure 6, U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1970-99
Figure 7, Transportation's Share of U.S. Petroleum Use: 1950-99
Figure 8, U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use: 1980-99
Figure 9, Index of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation: 1970-98
Glossary