The 2011 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
1076 - Worldwide Airline Fatalities [Excel 28k] | [PDF 63k]
1077 - Aircraft Accidents [Excel 36k] | [PDF 63k]
1078 - U.S. Carrier Delays, Cancellations, and Diversions [Excel 28k] | [PDF 63k]
1079 - On-Time Flight Arrivals and Departures at Major U.S. Airports: 2008 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 67k]
1080 - Consumer Complaints Against U.S. Airlines [Excel 32k] | [PDF 67k]
Airline Operations and Traffic
1072 - U.S. Scheduled Airline Industry--Summary [Excel 35k] | [PDF 67k]
1073 - Airline Cost Indexes [Excel 32k] | [PDF 67k]
1074 - Top 40 Airports in 2008--Passengers Enplaned [Excel 33k] | [PDF 59k]
1075 - Domestic Airline Markets: 2009 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 59k]
1081 - Commuter/Regional Airline Operations Summary [Excel 28k] | [PDF 67k]
1082 - Airports, Aircraft, and Airmen [Excel 40k] | [PDF 67k]
All Modes of Transportation
1062 - Transportation-Related Components of U.S. Gross Domestic Product [Excel 37k] | [PDF 61k]
1063 - Employment in Transportation and Warehousing [Excel 29k] | [PDF 61k]
1064 - Transportation and Warehousing--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by Kind of Business (NAICS Basis) [Excel 39k] | [PDF 61k]
1065 - Transportation and Warehousing--Establishments, Revenue, Payroll, and Employees by Industry [Excel 32k] | [PDF 55k]
1066 - Transportation and Warehousing-Nonemployer Establishments and Receipts by Kind of Business [Excel 32K] | [PDF 55K]
1067 - Transportation System Mileage Within the U.S. [Excel 31k] | [PDF 52k]
1068 - U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, and Other Conveyances [Excel 35k] | [PDF 52k]
1069 - Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation [Excel 33K] | [PDF 60K]
1070 - Hazardous Shipments by Mode of Transportation [Excel 32K] | [PDF 60K]
1071 - Transportation Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries [Excel 42k] | [PDF 51k]
Highway Financing
1090 - Funding for Highways and Disposition of Highway-User Revenue [Excel 29k] | [PDF 73k]
1091 - Federal Aid to State and Local Governments for Highway Trust Fund by State: 2008 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 73k]
1092 - State Motor Fuel Tax Receipts, and Gasoline Tax Rates [Excel 35k] | [PDF 73k]
1093 - Public Obligations for Highways--Changes in Indebtedness During the Year [Excel 29k] | [PDF 68k]
1094 - State Disbursements for Highways by State [Excel 38k] | [PDF 68k]
1118 - Federal Aid to State and Local Governments for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) by State: 2007 [Excel 35K] | [PDF 69K]
Highway Infrastructure and Use
1087 - Highway Mileage--Urban and Rural by Ownership [Excel 29k] | [PDF 68k]
1088 - Highway Mileage by State--Functional Systems and Urban/Rural: 2008 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 68k]
1089 - Bridge Inventory--Total, Deficient, Obsolete, and by State [Excel 40k] | [PDF 61k]
1098 - Roadway Congestion by Urbanized Area: 2007 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 72k]
1099 - Commuting to Work by State: 2008 [Excel 35k] | [PDF 57k]
1100 - Motor Vehicle Distance Traveled by Type of Vehicle [Excel 35k] | [PDF 63k]
1101 - Domestic Motor Fuel Consumption by Type of Vehicle [Excel 34k] | [PDF 63k]
Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities
1102 - Motor Vehicle Accidents--Number and Deaths [Excel 41k] | [PDF 72k]
1103 - Traffic Fatalities by State [Excel 34k] | [PDF 72k]
1104 - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents--National Summary [Excel 45k] | [PDF 66k]
1105 - Motor Vehicle Occupants and Nonoccupants Killed and Injured [Excel 34k] | [PDF 67k]
1106 - Vehicles Involved in Crashes by Vehicle Type, Rollover Occurrence, and Crash Severity: 2008 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 67k]
1107 - Speeding-Related Traffic Fatalities by State, Road Type, and Speed Limit: 2008 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 73k]
1108 - Distracted Drivers--Crashes/Road Fatalities and Injuries [Excel 29K] | [PDF 73K]
1109 - Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash [Excel 44k] | [PDF 70k]
1110 - Traffic Fatalities by State and Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash: 2008 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 70k]
1111 - Crashes by Crash Severity [Excel 29k] | [PDF 62k]
1112 - Alcohol Involvement for Drivers in Fatal Crashes [Excel 32k] | [PDF 62k]
1113 - Licensed Drivers and Number in Accidents by Age: 2008 [Excel 55k] | [PDF 62k]
Motor Vehicle Registrations, Alternative Fueled Vehicles
1095 - State Motor Vehicle Registrations [Excel 29k] | [PDF 62k]
1096 - Alternative Fueled Vehicles and Estimated Consumption of Vehicle Fuels by Fuel Type [Excel 34k] | [PDF 62k]
1097 - State Motor Vehicle Registrations, and Licensed Drivers and Motorcycle Registrations by State [Excel 46k] | [PDF 68k]
Trucks, Railroads, Pipelines
1119 - Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage-Estimated Revenue [Excel 30k] | [PDF 60k]
1120 - Truck Transportation-Summary [Excel 33k] | [PDF 60k]
1121 - Railroads, Class 1--Summary [Excel 44k] | [PDF 66k]
1122 - Railroads, Class-1 Line-Haul-Revenue Freight Originated by Commodity Group [Excel 33k] | [PDF 64k]
1123 - Railroads, Class-1 Cars of Revenue Freight Loaded and by Commodity Group [Excel 31k] | [PDF 63k]
1124 - Petroleum Pipeline Companies--Characteristics [Excel 27k] | [PDF 63k]
U.S. Postal Service
1125 - U.S. Postal Service Rates for Letters and Postcards [Excel 35k] | [PDF 63k]
1126 - U.S. Postal Service-Summary [Excel 48k] | [PDF 72k]
Urban Transit
1114 - Passenger Transit Industry--Summary [Excel 38k] | [PDF 63k]
1115 - Top Twenty Cities--Transit Savings [Excel 28K] | [PDF 63K]
1116 - Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2008 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 59k]
1117 - Transit Ridership in Selected Urbanized Areas: 2008 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 69k]
Water Transportation
1083 - Freight Carried on Major U.S. Waterways [Excel 28k] | [PDF 64k]
1084 - Waterborne Commerce by Type of Commodity [Excel 38k] | [PDF 64k]
1085 - Top U.S. Ports by Tons of Traffic: 2008 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 67k]
1086 - Top U.S. Ports/Waterways by Container Traffic: 2008 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 67k]
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