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

1077 - Worldwide Airline Fatalities [Excel 27k] | [PDF 65k]

1078 - Aircraft Accidents [Excel 36k] | [PDF 65k]

1079 - U.S. Carrier Delays, Cancellations, and Diversions [Excel 29k] | [PDF 65k]

1080 - On-Time Flight Arrivals and Departures at Major U.S. Airports: 2010 [Excel 24k] | [PDF 68k]

1081 - Consumer Complaints Against U.S. Airlines [Excel 33k] | [PDF 67k]

Airline Operations and Traffic

1073 - U.S. Scheduled Airline Industry--Summary [Excel 34k] | [PDF 69k]

1074 - Airline Cost Indexes [Excel 32k] | [PDF 69k]

1075 - Top 40 Airports in 2009--Passengers Enplaned [Excel 32k] | [PDF 61k]

1076 - Domestic Airline Markets: 2009 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 61k]

1082 - Commuter/Regional Airline Operations Summary [Excel 22k] | [PDF 69k]

1083 - Airports, Aircraft, and Airmen [Excel 42k] | [PDF 69k]

All Modes of Transportation

1063 - Transportation-Related Components of U.S. Gross Domestic Product [Excel 56k] | [PDF 63k]

1064 - Employment in Transportation and Warehousing [Excel 30k] | [PDF 63k]

1065 - Transportation and Warehousing--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by Kind of Business (NAICS Basis) [Excel 57k] | [PDF 64k]

1066 - Transportation and Warehousing--Establishments, Revenue, Payroll, and Employees by Industry [Excel 31k] | [PDF 57k]

1067 - Transportation and Warehousing--Nonemployer Establishments and Receipts by Kind of Business [Excel 32k] | [PDF 57k]

1068 - Transportation System Mileage Within the U.S. [Excel 33k] | [PDF 56k]

1069 - U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, and Other Conveyances [Excel 37k] | [PDF 56k]

1070 - Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation [Excel 30k] | [PDF 62k]

1071 - Hazardous Shipments by Mode of Transportation [Excel 32k] | [PDF 62k]

1072 - Transportation Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries [Excel 49k] | [PDF 54k]

Highway Financing

1091 - Funding for Highways and Disposition of Highway-User Revenue [Excel 29k] | [PDF 74k]

1092 - Federal Aid to State and Local Governments for Highway Trust Fund by State: 2009 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 74k]

1093 - State Motor Fuel Tax Receipts, and Gasoline Tax Rates [Excel 34k] | [PDF 74k]

1094 - Public Obligations for Highways--Changes in Indebtedness During the Year [Excel 30k] | [PDF 69k]

1095 - State Disbursements for Highways by State [Excel 36k] | [PDF 69k]

1119 - Federal Aid to State and Local Governments for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) by State: 2009 [Excel 31k] | [PDF 70k]

Highway Infrastructure and Use

1088 - Highway Mileage--Urban and Rural by Ownership [Excel 29k] | [PDF 70k]

1089 - Highway Mileage by State--Functional Systems and Urban/Rural: 2009 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 70k]

1090 - Bridge Inventory--Total, Deficient, Obsolete, and by State [Excel 38k] | [PDF 65k]

1099 - Roadway Congestion by Urbanized Area: 2007 [Excel 39k] | [PDF 74k]

1100 - Commuting to Work by State: 2009 [Excel 42k] | [PDF 60k]

1101 - Motor Vehicle Distance Traveled by Type of Vehicle [Excel 39k] | [PDF 67k]

1102 - Domestic Motor Fuel Consumption by Type of Vehicle [Excel 39k] | [PDF 67k]

Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities

1103 - Motor Vehicle Accidents--Number and Deaths [Excel 42k] | [PDF 74k]

1104 - Traffic Fatalities by State [Excel 37k] | [PDF 74k]

1105 - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents--National Summary [Excel 46k] | [PDF 68k]

1106 - Motor Vehicle Occupants and Nonoccupants Killed and Injured [Excel 36k] | [PDF 70k]

1107 - Vehicles Involved in Crashes by Vehicle Type, Rollover Occurrence, and Crash Severity: 2009 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 70k]

1108 - Speeding-Related Traffic Fatalities by State, Road Type, and Speed Limit: 2009 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 70k]

1109 - Distracted Drivers--Crashes/Road Fatalities and Injuries [Excel 29k] | [PDF 74k]

1110 - Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash [Excel 29k] | [PDF 72k]

1111 - Traffic Fatalities by State and Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash: 2009 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 72k]

1112 - Crashes by Crash Severity [Excel 27k] | [PDF 64k]

1113 - Alcohol Involvement for Drivers in Fatal Crashes [Excel 31k] | [PDF 64k]

1114 - Licensed Drivers and Number in Accidents by Age: 2009 [Excel 46k] | [PDF 64k]

Motor Vehicle Registrations, Alternative Fueled Vehicles

1096 - State Motor Vehicle Registrations [Excel 29k] | [PDF 63k]

1097 - Alternative Fueled Vehicles and Estimated Consumption of Vehicle Fuels by Fuel Type [Excel 34k] | [PDF 63k]

1098 - State Motor Vehicle Registrations, and Licensed Drivers and Motorcycle Registrations by State [Excel 45k] | [PDF 70k]

Trucks, Railroads, Pipelines

1120 - Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage-Estimated Revenue [Excel 31k] | [PDF 61k]

1121 - Truck Transportation-Summary [Excel 31k] | [PDF 61k]

1122 - Railroads, Class 1--Summary [Excel 41k] | [PDF 68k]

1123 - Railroads, Class-1 Line-Haul-Revenue Freight Originated by Commodity Group [Excel 34k] | [PDF 66k]

1124 - Railroads, Class-1 Cars of Revenue Freight Loaded and by Commodity Group [Excel 33k] | [PDF 66k]

1125 - Petroleum Pipeline Companies--Characteristics [Excel 27k] | [PDF 66k]

U.S. Postal Service

1126 - U.S. Postal Service Rates for Letters and Postcards [Excel 36k] | [PDF 66k]

1127 - U.S. Postal Service-Summary [Excel 49k] | [PDF 73k]

Urban Transit

1115 - Passenger Transit Industry--Summary [Excel 39k] | [PDF 65k]

1116 - Top Twenty Cities--Transit Savings [Excel 29k] | [PDF 65k]

1117 - Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2009 [Excel 42k] | [PDF 62k]

1118 - Transit Ridership in Selected Urbanized Areas: 2009 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 70k]

Water Transportation

1084 - Freight Carried on Major U.S. Waterways [Excel 28k] | [PDF 66k]

1085 - Waterborne Commerce by Type of Commodity [Excel 38k] | [PDF 66k]

1086 - Top U.S. Ports by Tons of Traffic: 2009 [Excel 35k] | [PDF 69k]

1087 - Top U.S. Ports/Waterways by Container Traffic: 2009 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 69k]

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