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Transportation plays a vital role in the American economy: it makes economic activity possible, and serves as a major economic activity itself. Transportation Economic Trends 2018, released December 2018, highlights important trends in transportation and the economy, and explains related concepts and data sources for a general audience.
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Transportation Economic Trends 2018 Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1: Summary Indicators
- Chapter 2: Transportation’s Contribution to the Economy
- Chapter 3: How Much Does Transportation Cost?
- Chapter 4: Transportation Employment
- Chapter 5: Transportation Productivity
- Chapter 6: Household Spending on Transportation
- Chapter 7: Government Transportation Revenues and Expenditures
- Chapter 8: Value of And Investment in Transportation Infrastructure and Other Assets
- Glossary; Acronyms and Initialisms
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- Freight TSI and the Economic Growth Cycle, January 1979 to December 2016
- Average Amtrak Rail Fares per Average Trip Length, 1990 to 2014
- Average Annual Salary by Aviation Occupation, 2005 to 2016 (2016 dollars)
- Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile Indices, 1990 to 2016
- Average Hourly Compensation (wages and benefits), 2004 to 2017
- Average Individual Household Expenditures (four largest categories), 2000 to 2016
- Average Individual Household Expenditures (major categories), 2016
- Average Individual Household Transportation Expenditures, 2016
- Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile Indices, 1990 to 2016