National Transportation Statistics

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center;BTS Productshttps://doi.org/10.21949/15234301978PDFStatistical ReportGay, William F.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the SecretaryUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs AdministrationUnited StatesTransportationTrend (Statistics)Operating costsRevenuesCostsTransportation modesEnergy consumptionNTSDOT-TSC-OST-77-68National Transportation Statistics was formed by the union of: United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Plans, and International Affairs. Summary of national transportation statistics; and: Energy statistics. This edition covers 1966 through 1976/1977.This report is a summary of selected national transportation statistics from a wide variety of government and private sources. Included are cost, inventory, and performance data describing the passenger and cargo operations of the following modes: air carrier, general aviation, automobile, bus, truck, local transit, rail, water, oil pipeline, and gas pipeline. The report includes basic descriptors of U.S. transportation, such as operating revenues and expenses, number of vehicles and employees, vehicle-miles and passenger miles, etc. A supplementary section includes Transportation and the Economy and Energy in Transportation. Energy in Transportation is divided into three parts: Energy Consumption, Energy Transport, and Energy Supply and Demand.123