National Transportation Statistics 2008

This document presents information on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, energy use, and environmental impacts. National Transportation Statistics is a companion document to the Transportation Statistics Annual Report, which analyzes some of the data presented here, and State Transportation Statistics, which presents state-level data on many of the same topics presented here. The report has four chapters: Chapter 1 provides data on the extent, condition, use, and performance of the physical transportation network. Chapter 2 details transportation’s safety record, giving data on accidents, crashes, fatalities, and injuries for each transportation mode and hazardous materials. Chapter 3 focuses on the relationship between transportation and the economy, presenting data on transportation’s contribution to the gross domestic product, employment by industry and occupation, and transportation-related consumer and government expenditures. Chapter 4 presents data on transportation energy use and transportation-related environmental impacts. The transportation modes that the document covers include highways, railroads, water transportation, air transportation, pipelines and public transit.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.21949/1501569
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35475
• Corporate Authors:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Glossary; Tables;
• Pagination: 503p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Air transportation crashes; Consumers; Economic analysis; Employment; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Expenditures; Fatalities; Federal government; Gross domestic product; Hazardous materials; Highways; Industries; Injuries; Occupations; Performance; Pipeline safety; Pipeline transportation; Public transit; Railroad crashes; Railroads; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Transit crashes; Transportation safety; Utilization; Water transportation; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01105622
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 2008 3:25PM