Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-30b: Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year

(Chained 2000 $ millions)

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  1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total, all modes (R) 28,278 (R) 27,642 (R) 26,172 (R) 27,966 (R) 27,482 (R) 27,984 (R) 26,660 (R) 28,766 (R) 32,984 (R) 36,105 39,654
Highway 20,910 21,307 19,525 20,903 20,873 21,470 20,468 22,739 26,049 27,231 29,772
Air 1,142 1,200 1,621 2,081 1,814 1,598 1,603 1,615 1,624 1,979 2,718
Transit (R) 6,120 (R) 5,064 (R) 4,967 (R) 4,873 (R) 4,708 (R) 4,830 (R) 4,483 (R) 4,328 (R) 5,265 (R) 6,835 7,094
Watera RZ 18 34 69 44 28 34 22 9 1 RZ
Rail 105 53 (R) 19 (R) 24 (R) 25 (R) 40 (R) 52 (R) 40 (R) 16 (R) 34 41
Pipeline RZ RZ 6 11 12 13 14 14 13 14 18
General supportb 5 6 RZ 6 7 6 6 7 8 10 11

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.

SOURCES

1980: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, unpublished data.

1985–2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Government Transportation Financial Statistics 2003 (Washington, DC: forthcoming).

Constant dollar deflator: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, Washington, DC, table 3.9.4, "Chain-Type Price Index."