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Journal of Transportation and Statistics - Volume 6, Number 2/3

Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Volume 6 Number 2/3

2003
ISSN 1094-8848

NOTE: The views presented in the articles in this journal are those of the authors and not necessarily the views of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. All material contained in this journal is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; citation as to sources is required.

Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Contributors
Front Matter
Paper 1 - Monthly Output Index for the U.S. Transportation Sector by Kajal Lahiri, Herman Stekler, Wenxiong Yao, and Peg Young
Table 1 - Final Weight for Transportation Indexes (Linked Laspeyres)
Table 2 - Lead and Lag Analysis Between Transportation and the Economy
Table 3 - Comparisons of Alternative Measures of Output Growth in the Transportation Sector (Compound annual rate)
Figure 1 - Annual Weights for the Aggregation of Transportation
Figure 2 - Total Transportation Index: Linked Laspeyes vs. Fisher Ideal
Figure 3 - Three Transportation Output Indexes: Seasonally Adjusted
Figure 4 - Trends in the Transportation Output Index
Figure 5 - Growth Cycles in the Transportation Output Index
Appendix 1 - Documentation of the Data Series
Appendix 2 - Monthly Values of Transportation Indexes
Paper 2 - The Importance of Transportation in the Canadian Economy by Jeff Harris
Table 1 - Description of the w- and l-Level Matrices
Table 2 - Composition of the Transportation Margins: 1971–1996
Table 3 - Allocation of Commercial Freight Industries' Gross Output to Transportation Margins, Own Uses, and Commercial Transportation at Factor Prices: 1976–1996
Table 4 - Transportation-Related Consumption as a Proportion of Total Consumption
Table 5 - Investment by Transportation Industries
Table 6 - Transportation-Related Investment by Businesses Other Than Transportation Industries
Table 7 - Transportation-Related Investment by Government
Table 8 - Transportation-Related Investment as a Proportion of Total Investment
Table 9 - Transportation Commodities as a Share of Exports
Table 10 - Transportation Commodities as a Share of Imports
Table 11 - Government Spending on Transportation as a Share of Total Inputs
Table 12 - Transportation Commodities as an Indirect Share of Domestic Demand
Table 13 - Transportation Commododities as an Indirect Share of Exports
Table 14 - Transportation Demand as a Proportion of GDP and Domestic Demand
Table 15 - Exports and Imports as a Percentage of GDP: 1971–1996
Table 16 - Price, Output, and Productivity Changes in Rail and Trucking Relative to the Economy: 1981–1996
Table 17 - Transportation Demand by Categorization as Goods and Services
Figure 1- The Canadian Input/Output Tables
Paper 3 - Effects of Alcohol and Highway Speed Policies on Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Older Drivers by Patrick McCarthy
Table 1 - Definitions of Variables
Table 2 - Descriptive Statistics: Dependent Variables
Table 3 - Descriptive Statistics: Explanatory Variables
Table 4 - FGLS Regression: Involved Drivers in Total and Fatal Crashes, ≥ 60
Table 5 - FGLS Regression: Involved Drivers in Injury and PDO Crashes, ≥ 60
Table 6 - FGLS Regression: Involved Drivers in Total and Fatal Crashes, < 60
Table 7 - FGLS Regression: Involved Drivers in Injury and PDO Crashes, < 60
Table 8 - Sensitivity Measures: Involved Drivers, ≥ 60
Table 9 - Sensitivity Measures: Involved Drivers, < 60
Paper 4 - Estimation and Accuracy of Origin-Destination Highway Freight Weight and Value Flows by Paul Metaxatos
Table 1 - Average Distance, Time, and Speed by Decile
Table 2 - Parameter Estimates for PIERS Data
Table 3 - Parameter Estimates for Transborder Data
Table 4 - An Illustration of N ij , uppercase T hat and 90% Confidence Intervals
Figure 1 - PIERS Data: Weight Length Frequency Distribution
Figure 2 - PIERS Data: Value Length Frequency Distribution
Figure 3 - Transborder Data: Weight Length Frequency Distribution
Figure 4 - Transborder Data: Value Length Frequency Distribution
Paper 5 - Predicting the Construction of New Highway Links by David Levinson and Ramachandra Karamalaputi
Table 1 - Assumed Values of Weights and Parameters of Parallel Link Attributes
Table 2 - Regression Coefficients for Cost Model
Table 3 - Estimated Models for New Construction
Paper 6 - Demand Elasticity on Tolled Motorways by Anna Matas and José-Louis Raymond
Table 1 - Elasticity of Traffic Level with Respect to Tolls
Table 2 - Definition of the Dummy Variables Included in the Estimated Demand Equation
Table 3 - Descriptive Statistics
Table 4 - Estimated Demand Equation
Table 5 - Estimated Short-Term and Long-Term Elasticities
Table 6 - Estimation Results of the Ordered Probit Model Dependent variable: category of toll elasticity (from 1 to 4) Robust t -statistics
Table 7 - Estimated Probabilities
Figure 1 - Rate of Growth of GDP and Traffic Volume
Figure 2 - Traffic Cycle and GDP Cycle
Appendix B - Estimated General Model Dependent variable: D(LTRAFFIC) Estimation method: weighted least squares Total system (unbalanced) observations: 990
Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
2003 Reviewers
Index for Volume 6
Back Cover
 

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