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Transportation Facts and Figures

CEE 320Steve Muench26 March 2007

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Air Transportation (2004/5)

• Airports: 19,854• Airports for Public Use: 5,270• Certified Airports: 575

– (30+ seat passenger planes)

• Major Air Carriers: 14• All Air Carriers: 80• Air Carrier Aircraft: 8,186 • Aircraft: 219,426

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Passengers Boarded (2005)

1. Atlanta (Hartsfield) 41,633,082

2. Chicago (O’Hare) 33,762,185

3. Dallas/Ft. Worth 27,713,052

4. Los Angeles 22,966,430

5. Las Vegas 20,704,972

6. Denver 20,206,057

7. Phoenix 20,077,766

8. Houston 18,185,215

9. Minneapolis 17,824,111

10. Detroit 17,363,929

15. SeaTac 13,963,919 From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Rail Transportation (2004)

• Class 1 Railroads: 7• All Railroads: 556 • Class 1 Freight Cars: 473,773• Class 1 Locomotives: 22,015

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Sea Transportation (2004)

• Marine Vessel Operators: 798• Self-Propelled Vessels:

8,994• Non Self-Propelled Vessels:

31,296• Recreational Boats: 12,781,476

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Top U.S. Ports by Tonnage (2004)

1. South Louisiana, LA 124.2 million tons

2. Houston, TX 102.0 million tons

3. New York, NY and NJ 152.4 million tons

4. Beaumont, TX 91.7 million tons

5. Long Beach, CA 79.7 million tons

6. Corpus Christi, TX 78.9 million tons

7. New Orleans, LA 78.1 million tons

8. Huntington, WV-KY-OH 77.3 million tons

30. Tacoma, WA 26.3 million tons

37. Seattle, WA 23.5 million tons

43. Anacortes, WA 16.3 million tonsFrom the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Vehicle Transportation (2005)

• Centerline Miles of Road: 3,995,635• Lane Miles of Road: 8,371,718

• Registered Motor Vehicles: 243,023,485• Truck Combinations: 2,010,335• Transit Buses: 81,033

• Total VMT: 3 trillion miles

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Road Use Growth

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2003

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Highway Vehicle Trends

From FHWA, Highway Statistics Series

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U.S. Interstate Highway Condition

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Travel to Work (2005)

• Automobile: 88.4% – Single: (79.3%) – Carpool: (9.1%)

• Public Transportation: 4.4% • Bicycle or Motorcycle: 0.6% • Walk: 2.3%

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Measures of Congestion (2003)Rank Urban Area Travel Time Index

1. Los Angeles, CA 1.75

2. Chicago, IL 1.57

3. S.F. – Oakland, CA 1.54

4. Washington, D.C. 1.51

5. Atlanta, GA 1.46

6. Houston, TX 1.42

7. Miami, FL 1.42

11. Seattle – Everett, WA 1.38

From the Texas Transportation Institute

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Financing Transportation

• Total Government Revenues (2001) $125 Billion

• Total Government Expenditures (2001)$183 Billion

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Financing Transportation

Highway Transit Air

Total Revenues $ 86.1 $ 13.3 $ 21.9

Highway Trust Fund $ 26.9 $ 4.6 -

Airport and Airways Trust Fund

- - $ 10.1

State $ 52.6 $ 1.6 $ 0.9

Local $ 6.6 $ 7.2 $ 10.9

(2001 Data - Billions of Dollars)

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Annual Metro Passenger Trips

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