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CEE 320 Winter 2006 Transportation Facts and Figures CEE 320 Steve Muench 4 January 2006
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Transportation Facts and Figures

CEE 320Steve Muench4 January 2006

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Outline

1. Air

2. Rail

3. Sea

4. Vehiclea. National

b. Washington State

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Air Transportation (2003/4)

• Airports: 19,820• Airports for Public Use: 5,288

• Certified Airports: 599– (30+ seat passenger planes)

• Major Air Carriers: 14• All Air Carriers: 80• Air Carrier Aircraft: 8,176 • Aircraft: 211,444

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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Passengers Boarded (2004)

1. Atlanta (Hartsfield) 40,399,034

2. Chicago (O’Hare) 33,652,789

3. Dallas/Ft. Worth 27,563,022

4. Los Angeles 22,892,208

5. Denver 19,855,508

6. Las Vegas 19,421,617

7. Phoenix 19,122,960

8. Minneapolis 17,282,235

9. Detroit 16,784,352

10. Houston 16,706,616

13. SeaTac 13,744,095 From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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Rail Transportation (2003)

• Class 1 Railroads: 7• All Railroads: 542

• Class 1 Freight Cars: 467,063• Class 1 Locomotives: 20,774

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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Sea Transportation (2003)

• Marine Vessel Operators: 798• Self-Propelled Vessels: 8,648

• Non Self-Propelled Vessels: 31,335• Recreational Boats: 12,794,616

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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Top U.S. Ports by Tonnage (2003)

1. South Louisiana, LA 198.8 million tons

2. Houston, TX 190.9 million tons

3. New York, NY 145.9 million tons

4. Beaumont, TX 87.5 million tons

5. New Orleans, LA 83.8 million tons

6. Huntington, WV-KY-OH 77.6 million tons

7. Corpus Christi, TX 77.2 million tons

35. Tacoma, WA 23.0 million tons

38. Seattle, WA 19.4 million tons

41. Anacortes, WA 15.8 million tons

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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Vehicle Transportation (2003)

• Centerline Miles of Road: 3,974,107• Lane Miles of Road: 8,251,847

• Registered Motor Vehicles: 236,760,033• Truck Combinations: 2,254,085• Transit Buses: 76,790

• Total VMT: 2.9 trillion miles

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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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

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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Travel to Work (2003)

• Automobile: 88.1% – Single: (79.4%) – Carpool: (8.7%)

• Public Transportation: 4.4% • Bicycle or Motorcycle: 0.6% • Walk: 2.7%

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

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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 2005

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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 2005

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Annual Metro Passenger Trips

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Annual Metro Trips per Capita(based on population of Seattle)

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1950s Plan for Seattle freeways

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1977 Plan for the West Seattle bridge and a waterfront freeway

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1977 proposed Alaskan Way waterfront freeway

1977 proposed West Seattle bridge


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