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The Transportation Network: 2005
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| Highway |
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| Public roads |
46,873 miles of Interstate highway
115,500 miles of other National Highway System road
s3,849,259 miles of other roads |
| Air |
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| Public-use airports |
5,270 airports |
| Airports serving large certificated carriers |
26 large hub areasa (69 airports), 484 million enplaned passengers
37
medium hub areas (60 airports), 141 million enplaned passengers
66 small hub areas (82 airports), 53 million enplaned
passengers
930 nonhub areas (968 airports), 23 million enplaned
passengers |
| Rail |
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| Miles of railroad operated |
95,664 miles by Class I freight railroads in the United
Statesb
15,388 miles by regional freight railroads
29,197 miles by local freight railroads
23,000 miles by Amtrak (passenger)c (2004) |
| Urban transit |
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| Directional route-milesd |
Bus: 165,854e
Trolley bus: 425
Commuter rail: 4,407
Heavy rail: 1,596
Light rail: 1,097 |
| Stations |
Commuter rail: 1,153
Heavy rail: 1,023
Light rail: 723 |
| Water |
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| Navigable channels |
26,000
miles (2003) |
| Ferry routesf |
623 directional route miles (2004) |
| Commercial waterway facilitiesa |
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| Great Lakes |
600 deep-draft
154 shallow-draft |
| Inland |
2,320 shallow-draft |
| Ocean |
4,298 deep-draft
1,761 shallow-draft |
| Locks |
Locks: 257 |
| Pipeline |
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| Oil |
Crude lines:
60,043 miles of pipe
Product
lines: 71,310 miles of pipe |
| Gas (2004) |
Transmission:
298,900 miles of pipe
Distribution:
1,139,800 miles of pipe |
a See Glossary for
definitions.
b There are also 1,368 miles of
railroad operated within the U.S. Class I freight railroad system that are
owned by Canadian railroads.
c The Amtrak mileage includes
the 745 miles of trackage it owns and route-miles operated on the tracks of
the freight railroads.
d Directly operated service.
Does not include contracted service.
e Includes directional
route-miles on exclusive right-of-way, controlled right-of-way, and mixed
traffic.
Sources: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, RITA, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, available at http://www.bts.gov; Association of American
Railroads, Railroad Facts, 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006); USDOT, Federal Highway
Administration, Highway Statistics 2005 (Washington, DC: 2006), table HM-18; Oil & Gas Journal,
Sept. 11, 2006; USDOT, Federal Transit Administration, 2004 National Transit Summaries and Trends, tables 21, 23, and 24, available at
http://www.ntdprogram.com/ntdprogram/pubs.htm; USDOT, RITA, BTS, "Airport
Activity Statistics of Certificated Air Carriers, Summary Tables, 12 Months
Ending Dec. 31, 2005," 2005; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for
Water Resources, Navigation Data Center, The
U.S. Waterway System Facts, December 2005 (Alexandria, VA: 2005).
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