- The transportation
sector consumes about one-fourth of the energy used
in North America (the United States, Canada, and Mexico)
with road uses comprising about four-fifths of the sector's
total energy use. (BTS, North American Transportation
in Figures)
- In 1999,
the U.S. transportation system carried 2.7 trillion
miles of travel by cars and trucks, more than 9 billion
trips on public transit, more than 640 million passenger
boardings on airplanes, 21 million trips on Amtrak,
and nearly 700 million rail freight train miles (DOT
Strategic Plan).
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