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Table 15
Percent Ratio of Transportation Revenues to Expenditures by Level of Government and Mode: FY 1985-1999

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Mode 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Federal                              
Total 65 63 67 70 76 69 79 73 73 69 74 75 75 94 118
Highway 86 86 88 88 101 87 96 99 93 85 97 110 100 118 143
Transit 41 41 47 50 48 52 80 49 78 71 63 75 87 101 128
Air 73 67 71 69 71 68 75 64 61 59 61 31 44 81 103
Water 13 12 17 23 22 28 34 36 37 33 38 38 38 37 34
Pipeline 0 0 0 186 95 108 119 115 108 140 184 94 103 91 100
State and Local                              
Total 69 67 65 69 69 69 68 69 73 70 71 71 72 69 68
Highway 80 77 75 77 76 77 76 79 84 83 80 80 80 77 76
Transit 33 31 30 35 36 34 33 30 33 29 30 31 33 32 31
Air 105 101 96 91 102 98 100 90 90 91 117 114 105 106 90
Water 77 72 76 78 75 77 76 88 82 69 86 84 75 81 76
All Levels                              
Total 68 65 65 69 72 69 71 70 73 70 72 72 73 76 82
Highway 82 80 79 80 83 80 81 84 86 84 84 87 85 86 93
Transit 35 33 33 38 38 37 42 34 40 36 36 39 42 42 45
Air 85 80 81 79 83 81 85 75 73 73 82 65 72 93 97
Water 32 29 35 42 41 45 49 51 51 46 54 55 53 54 51
Pipeline 0 0 263 99 66 39 39 44 43 53 81 94 103 91 100

SOURCES:

Calculated based on data from the following sources:
Federal Revenues:

Highways and Transit:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues), Tables FE-210 (Historical Data).
Air:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Budget in Brief (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication), available at: http://www.faa.gov/aba/html_budget/index.html, as of October 2001.
Water and Pipeline:
Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
Federal Expenditures: Highways:
________. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication), and U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication), Table FA-5.
Air:
________. 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; ________. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues); and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aeronautics and Space Report of the President (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues), Appendix E-3, available at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/books/nasadoc.html, as of October 2001.
Water:
________. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues); ________. 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; and personal communication with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Transit, Rail, and Pipeline:
________. 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.
State and Local Revenues and Expenditures:
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.