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Pocket Guide to Transportation 2003

Pocket Guide to Transportation 2003

January 2003
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NOTE: This edition of the Pocket Guide is provided as a historical reference.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 Some information and data in the historical document for a stated time period may differ from that for the same time period in the newer edition, reflecting revisions in the data by the source.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
Acknowledgments
Citation
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use
Table 1 - The Transportation Network: 2001
Chapter 2 - Transportation Safety
Table 2 - Fatalities by Transportation Mode
Table 3 - Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000
Table 4 - Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement: 2001
Figure 1 - Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Crashes
Figure 2 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes
Table 5 - Injured Persons by Transportation Mode
Chapter 3 - Transportation Security
Table 6 - Airline Passenger Screening Results
Figure 3 - Worldwide Civil Aviation Hijackings
Figure 4 - International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
Figure 5 - U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption
Figure 6 - Transportation's Share of U.S. Petroleum Use
Figure 7 - U.S. Oil Imports
Table 7 - Major Suppliers of U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
Chapter 4 - Mobility
Table 8 - Per Capita Passenger Travel and Freight Transportation
Table 9 - Number of Aircraft, Railcars, Vehicles, and Vessels
Table 10 - Vehicle-Miles
Table 11 - Passenger-Miles
Figure 8 - Households by Number of Vehicles
Table 12 - Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports
Table 13 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2001
Table 14 - U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2001
Table 15 - Roadway Hours of Delay and Congestion Cost per Person in 75 Metropolitan Areas: 1990 and 2000
Table 16 - Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause
Table 17 - U.S. Passenger Airports with the Highest Percentage of Flight Delays
Table 18 - Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight
Figure 9 - Index of U.S. Domestic-Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1980–2000
Table 19 - U.S. Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1980–2000
Chapter 5 - Transportation and the Economy
Figure 10 - U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Societal Function: 2001
Figure 11 - Average Household Expenditures by Major Category: 2001
Table 20 - Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2001
Table 21 - Weight of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Mode of Transportation: 2001
Table 22 - U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico by Mode: 2001
Table 23 - Top 20 Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments: 2001
Table 24 - U.S. Trade in Transportation-Related Commodities: 2001
Table 25 - Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries
Table 26 - Government Transportation Revenues by Mode and Level of Government
Table 27 - Government Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds
Chapter 6 - Transportation and the Environment
Figure 12 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Fuel Economy Averages: Model Years 1978–2001
Figure 13 - New Passenger Car and Light Truck Sales: Model Years 1978–2001
Figure 14 - U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use
Figure 15 - Index of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation: 1975–2000
Glossary