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National Transportation Statistics

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National Transportation Statistics presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security. This is a large online document comprising more than 260 data tables plus data source and accuracy statements, glossary and a list of acronyms and initialisms.

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Section 1.B - Vehicle, Aircraft, and Vessel Inventory

Table 1-11 - Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances
Table 1-12 - U.S. Sales or Deliveries of New Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances
Table 1-13 - Active U.S. Air Carrier and General Aviation Fleet by Type of Aircraft
Table 1-14 - U.S. Automobile and Truck Fleets by Use
Table 1-15 - Annual U.S. Motor Vehicle Production and Factory (Wholesale) Sales
Table 1-16 - Retail New Passenger Car Sales
Table 1-17 - New and Used Passenger Car Sales and Leases
Table 1-18 - Retail Sales of New Cars by Sector
Table 1-19 - Sales of Hybrid Vehicles in the United States
Table 1-20 - Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles
Table 1-21 - Production, Production Shares, and Production-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Light Trucks
Table 1-22 - Number of Trucks by Weight
Table 1-23 - World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries
Table 1-24 - Number and Size of the U.S. Flag Merchant Fleet and Its Share of the World Fleet

Section 1.D - Travel and Goods Movement

Table 1-35 - U.S. Vehicle-Miles
Table 1-36 - Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class
Table 1-37 - U.S. Air Carrier Aircraft Departures, Enplaned Revenue Passengers, and Enplaned Revenue Tons
Table 1-38 - Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight and Passenger Modes (Miles)
Table 1-39 - Worldwide Commercial Space Launches
Table 1-40 - U.S. Passenger-Miles
Table 1-41 - Principal Means of Transportation to Work
Table 1-42 - Average Annual PMT, VMT Person Trips and Trip Length by Trip Purpose: 1983, 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2009
Table 1-43 - Summary Statistics on Demographic Characteristics and Total Travel: 1969, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2009
Table 1-44 - Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports
Table 1-45 - Air Passenger Travel Arrivals in the United States from Selected Foreign Countries (Thousands of passengers)
Table 1-46 - Air Passenger Travel Departures from the United States to Selected Foreign Countries (Thousands of passengers)
Table 1-47 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States
Table 1-48 - U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States
Table 1-49 - Table has been discontinued
Table 1-50 - U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation)
Table 1-51 - Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments (Current $ billions)
Table 1-52 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Incoming Truck or Rail Container Crossings
Table 1-53 - U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Incoming Truck or Train Crossings
Table 1-54 - U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Incoming Truck or Rail Container Crossings
Table 1-55 - U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Incoming Truck and Train Crossings
Table 1-56 - U.S. Waterborne Freight
Table 1-57 - Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons
Table 1-58 - Freight Activity in the United States: 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2012
Table 1-59 - Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments, 2012
Table 1-60 - Value of U.S. Land Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Mode
Table 1-61 - Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Transported in the United States by Mode
Table 1-62 - U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Transportation Mode, 2007
Table 1-63 - U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class

Section 2.C - Highway Safety

Table 2-17 - Motor Vehicle Safety Data
Table 2-18 - Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Vehicle-Miles, and Associated Rates by Highway Functional System
Table 2-19 - Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities
Table 2-20 - Occupant and Non-Motorist Fatalities in Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement
Table 2-21 - Passenger Car Occupant Safety Data
Table 2-22 - Motorcycle Rider Safety Data
Table 2-23 - Truck Occupant Safety Data
Table 2-24 - Bus Occupant Safety Data
Table 2-25 - State Laws on Distracted Driving - Ban on Hand-Held Devices and Texting While Driving
Table 2-26 - Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in Highway Crashes
Table 2-27 - Number of States with Different Types of Anti-DUI/DWI Legislation in Effect as of January 1 of the Listed Year
Table 2-28 - Motor Vehicle Fatal Crashes by Day of Week, Time of Day, and Weather and Light Conditions
Table 2-29 - Motor Vehicle Fatal Crashes by Posted Speed Limit
Table 2-30 - Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use
Table 2-31 - Estimated Number of Lives Saved by Use of Restraints

Section 3.A - Transportation and the Economy

Table 3-1: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services (Billions of current dollars)
Table 3-2: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services (Billions of chained 2009 dollars)
Table 3-3: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation Functions
Table 3-4: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation Functions (Billions of chained 2009 dollars)
Table 3-5: U.S. Gross Domestic Demand (GDD) Attributed to Transportation Functions (Billions of current dollars)
Table 3-6: U.S. Gross Domestic Demand (GDD) Attributed to Transportation Functions (Billions of chained 2009 dollars)
Table 3-7: Contributions to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries (Billions of current dollars)
Table 3-8: Contributions to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries (Billions of chained 2009 dollars)
Table 3-9: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Major Social Function (Billions of Current Dollars)
Table 3-10: National Transportation and Economic Trends

Section 3.C - Transportation Revenues, Employment, and Productivity

Table 3-20: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile
Table 3-21: Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile
Table 3-22: Total Operating Revenues
Table 3-23: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries (NAICS basis)
Table 3-24: Employment in Transportation and Transportation-Related Occupations
Table 3-25: Average Wage and Salary Accruals per Full-Time Equivalent Employee by Transportation Industry (NAICS)
Table 3-26: Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers in Transportation by Detailed Occupation (1998 Standard Occupational Classification [SOC] basis)
Table 3-27: Total Wage and Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry (NAICS)
Table 3-28: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (NAICS basis)

Section 3.D - Government Finance

Table 3-29: Federal, State, and Local Government Transportation-Related Revenues and Expenditures, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3-30: Federal, State, and Local Government Transportation-Related Revenues and Expenditures, Fiscal Year (Chained 2009 $ millions)
Table 3-31: Summary of Transportation Revenues and Expenditures from Own Funds and User Coverage, Fiscal Year
Table 3-32: Transportation Revenues by Mode and Level of Government, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3-33: Transportation Revenues by Mode and Level of Government, Fiscal Year (Chained 2000 $ millions)
Table 3-34: Cash Balances of the Transportation-Related Federal Trust Funds, Fiscal Year
Table 3:35: Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3:36: Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government From Own Funds, Fiscal Year (Chained 2000 $ millions)
Table 3:37: Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year (Current $ millions)
Table 3:38: Federal Transportation Grants to State and Local Governments by Mode, Fiscal Year (Chained 2000 $ millions)

Section 4.B - Transportation Energy Consumption By Mode

Table 4-4 - U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector
Table 4-5 - Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation in Physical Units
Table 4-6 - Energy Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-7 - Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode
Table 4-8 - Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-9 - Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-10 - Estimated Consumption of Alternative and Replacement Fuels for Highway Vehicles
Table 4-11 - Light Duty Vehicle, Short Wheel Base and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-12 - Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-13 - Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-14 - Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-15 - Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-16 - Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel
Table 4-17 - Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-18 - Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-19 - U.S. Government Energy Consumption by Agency and Source

Section 4.D - Air Pollution

Table 4-30 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light-Duty Vehicles
Table 4-31 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT1) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-32 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT2) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-33 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT3) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-34 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Duty Trucks (Category LDT4) (Grams per mile)
Table 4-35 - Federal Exhaust Emission Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (MDPV)
Table 4-36 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Light Heavy-Duty Trucks (Grams per brake horsepower-hour)
Table 4-37 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Certification Standards for Newly Manufactured Gasoline- and Diesel-Powered Heavy Heavy-Duty Trucks (Grams per brake horsepower-hour)
Table 4-38 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured Motorcycles
Table 4-39 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured and In-Use Aircraft Engines
Table 4-40 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Locomotives
Table 4-41 - Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured Marine Spark- Ignition Outboard, Personal Watercraft, and Jet-Boat Engines
Table 4-42 - Tier 2 Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured Commercial Marine Compression-Ignition Engines
Table 4-43 - Estimated National Average Vehicle Emissions Rates per Vehicle by Vehicle Type Using Gasoline and Diesel
Table 4-44 - Estimated National Average Vehicle Emissions Rates per Vehicle by Vehicle Type Using Reformulated Gasoline and Diesel
Table 4-45 - Estimated National Emissions of Carbon Monoxide
Table 4-46 - Estimated National Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides
Table 4-47 - Estimated National Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds
Table 4-48 - Estimated National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-10)
Table 4-49 - Estimated National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-2.5)
Table 4-50 - Estimated National Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide
Table 4-51 - Air Pollution Trends in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Table 4-52 - Areas in Nonattainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Criteria Pollutants
Table 4-53 - U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector

Appendix A - Metric Conversion Tables

Table 1-1M - System Kilometers Within the United States
Table 1-4M - Kilometers of Public Roads and Streets in the United States by Type of Surface
Table 1-6M - Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Kilometers by Functional System
Table 1-35M - U.S. Vehicle-Kilometers
Table 1-36M - Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometers by Functional Class
Table 1-38M - Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight and Passenger Modes
Table 1-40 - U.S. Passenger-Kilometers
Table 1-49M - Table has been discontinued
Table 1-50M - U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation)
Table 1-56M - U.S. Waterborne Freight
Table 1-61M - Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Transported in the United States by Mode
Table 4-3M - Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector (Petajoules)
Table 4-5M - Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-6M - Energy Consumption by Mode of Transportation
Table 4-7M - Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode
Table 4-8M - Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-9M - Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-11M - Passenger Car and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-12M - Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-13M - Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-14M - Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-15M - Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-16M - Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel
Table 4-17M - Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-18M - Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel
Table 4-19M - U.S. Government Energy Consumption by Agency and Source
Table 4-20M - Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes (Kilojoule per passenger-kilometer)
Table 4-21M - Energy Intensity of Certificated Air Carriers, All Services
Table 4-22M - Energy Intensity of Passenger Cars, Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicles, and Motorcycles
Table 4-23M - Average Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Light Duty Vehicles
Table 4-24M - Energy Intensity of Transit Motor Buses
Table 4-25M - Energy Intensity of Class I Railroad Freight Service