The 2009 Statistical Abstract
The National Data Book
Transportation
This section presents data on civil air transportation, both passenger and cargo, and on water transportation, including inland waterways, ocean-borne commerce, the merchant marine, cargo, and vessel tonnages. This section also presents statistics on revenues, passenger and freight traffic volume, and employment in various revenue-producing modes of the transportation industry, including motor vehicles, trains, and pipelines. Data are also presented on highway mileage and finances, motor vehicle travel, accidents, and registrations; and characteristics of public transit, railroads, and pipelines.
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Air Transportation Fatalities and Complaints
1036 - Worldwide Airline Fatalities [Excel 23k] | [PDF 466k]
1037 - Aircraft Accidents [Excel 32k] | [PDF 466k]
1038 - U.S. Carrier Delays, Cancellations, and Diversions [Excel 42k] | [PDF 466k]
1039 - On-Time Flight Arrivals and Departures at Major U.S. Airports: 2007 [Excel 64k] | [PDF 466k]
1040 - Consumer Complaints Against U.S. Airlines [Excel 42k] | [PDF 466k]
Airline Operations and Traffic
1030 - U.S. Scheduled Airline Industry--Summary [Excel 32k] | [PDF 466k]
1033 - Airline Cost Indexes [Excel 47k] | [PDF 467k]
1034 - Top 40 Airports in 2006--Passengers Enplaned [Excel 28k] | [PDF 467k]
1035 - Domestic Airline Markets: 2007 [Excel 41k] | [PDF 467k]
1041 - Commuter/Regional Airline Operations Summary [Excel 23k] | [PDF 466k]
1042 - Airports, Aircraft, and Airmen [Excel 44k] | [PDF 466k]
All Modes of Transportation
1024 - Transportation-Related Components of U.S. Gross Domestic Product [Excel 33k] | [PDF 466k]
1025 - Employment in Transportation and Warehousing [Excel 39k] | [PDF 466k]
1026 - Transportation System Mileage Within the U.S. [Excel 35k] | [PDF 465k]
1027 - U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, and Other Conveyances [Excel 43k] | [PDF 465k]
1028 - U.S. Freight Gateways--Value of Shipments: 2006 [Excel 88k] | [PDF 464k]
1029 - Transportation and Warehousing--Establishments, Revenue, Payroll, and Employees by Industry: 2002 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 466k]
1031 - Transportation and Warehousing--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by Kind of Business (NAICS Basis) [Excel 83k] | [PDF 454k]
1032 - Transportation Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries [Excel 67k] | [PDF 465k]
1048 - Hazardous Shipments--Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles: 2002 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 465k]
Highway Financing
1051 - Funding for Highways and Disposition of Highway-User Revenue [Excel 24k] | [PDF 468k]
1052 - Federal Aid to State and Local Governments for Highway Trust Fund and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) by State: 2006 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 468k]
1053 - State Motor Fuel Tax Receipts, 2005 and 2006, and Gasoline Tax Rates, 2006 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 468k]
1054 - Public Obligations for Highways--Changes in Indebtedness During the Year [Excel 25k] | [PDF 465k]
1055 - State Disbursements for Highways by State [Excel 33k] | [PDF 466k]
Highway Infrastructure and Use
1047 - Highway Mileage--Urban and Rural by Ownership [Excel 24k] | [PDF 465k]
1049 - Highway Mileage by State--Functional Systems and Urban/Rural: 2006 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 464k]
1050 - Bridge Inventory--Total and Deficient, 1996 to 2007, and by State, 2007 [Excel 41k] | [PDF 452k]
1059 - Roadway Congestion by Urbanized Area: 2005 [Excel 35k] | [PDF 466k]
1060 - Commuting to Work by State: 2006 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 451k]
1061 - Motor Vehicle Distance Traveled by Type of Vehicle [Excel 30k] | [PDF 464k]
1062 - Domestic Motor Fuel Consumption by Type of Vehicle [Excel 31k] | [PDF 464k]
Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities
1063 - Motor Vehicle Accidents--Number and Deaths [Excel 30k] | [PDF 466k]
1064 - Traffic Fatalities by State [Excel 28k] | [PDF 466k]
1065 - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents--National Summary [Excel 38k] | [PDF 466k]
1066 - Motor Vehicle Occupants and Nonoccupants Killed and Injured [Excel 34k] | [PDF 465k]
1067 - Vehicles Involved in Crashes by Vehicle Type, Rollover Occurrence, and Crash Severity: 2006 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 465k]
1068 - Speeding-Related Traffic Fatalities by State, Road Type, and Speed Limit: 2006 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 484k]
1069 - Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash [Excel 25k] | [PDF 466k]
1070 - Traffic Fatalities by State and Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash: 2006 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 466k]
1071 - Crashes by Crash Severity [Excel 24k] | [PDF 470k]
1072 - Alcohol Involvement for Drivers in Fatal Crashes [Excel 25k] | [PDF 465k]
1073 - Licensed Drivers and Number in Accidents by Age: 2006 [Excel 43k] | [PDF 465k]
Motor Vehicle Registrations, Alternative Fueled Vehicles
1056 - State Motor Vehicle Registrations [Excel 30k] | [PDF 466k]
1057 - Alternative Fueled Vehicles and Estimated Consumption of Vehicle Fuels by Fuel Type [Excel 27k] | [PDF 466k]
1058 - State Motor Vehicle Registrations, 1990 to 2006, and Licensed Drivers and Motorcycle Registrations by State: 2006 [Excel 43k] | [PDF 464k]
Trucks, Railroads, Pipelines
1078 - Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage-Estimated Revenue [Excel 25k] | [PDF 453k]
1079 - Truck Transportation-Summary [Excel 25k] | [PDF 453k]
1080 - Railroads, Class 1--Summary [Excel 31k] | [PDF 466k]
1081 - Railroads, Class-1 Line-Haul-Revenue Freight Originated by Commodity Group [Excel 28k] | [PDF 464k]
1082 - Railroads, Class-1 Cars of Revenue Freight Loaded, 1990 to 2007, and by Commodity Group, 2006 and 2007 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 466k]
1083 - Petroleum Pipeline Companies--Characteristics [Excel 24k] | [PDF 465k]
U.S. Postal Service
1084 - U.S. Postal Service Rates for Letters and Postcards [Excel 35k] | [PDF 465k]
1085 - U.S. Postal Service-Summary [Excel 28k] | [PDF 467k]
Urban Transit
1074 - Passenger Transit Industry--Summary [Excel 32k] | [PDF 466k]
1075 - Transit Buses Equipped for Disabilities [Excel 26k] | [PDF 466k]
1076 - Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2006 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 465k]
1077 - Transit Ridership in Selected Urbanized Areas: 2005 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 465k]
Water Transportation
1043 - Freight Carried on Major U.S. Waterways [Excel 26k] | [PDF 466k]
1044 - Waterborne Commerce by Type of Commodity [Excel 74k] | [PDF 466k]
1045 - Selected U.S. Ports by Tons of Traffic: 2006 [Excel 190k] | [PDF 454k]
1046 - Selected U.S. Ports/Waterways by Container Traffic: 2006 [Excel 87k] | [PDF 454k]
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