On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 112 minutes.

• In 2000, the price of aviation fuel paid by U.S. air carriers was $0.80 per gallon---a 51 percent increase over the $0.53 per gallon in 1999, but 23 percent cheaper than the peak of $1.05 in 1981 (Prices not adjusted for inflation) (BTS).

• In 2000, U.S. regional and major air carriers spent nearly $16.4 billion on fuel-almost $6 billion more than the previous year (Bureau of Transportation Statistics).

• Flights experiencing taxi-out times of one hour or more increased nearly 13 percent (from 40,789 to 45,993) between 1999 and 2000 (Bureau of Transportation Statistics).

• Manchester, NH was the fastest growing hub airport in the U.S. from 1995 to 2000 with passenger traffic rising 259 percent (Bureau of Transportation Statistics).

• In 1998, the United States produced less than one-fifth of the civil and military aircraft that it produced in 1978 (Aerospace Industries Association of America).

• In 1999, the US aerospace industry posted the highest trade balance of all industry categories. The trade surplus generated by aerospace foreign trade in 2000 will total $33 billion. The industry's trade surplus is projected to decline $4.1 billion, or 11 percent below the 1999 level (Aerospace Industries Association).

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• In 1999, America's freight railroads carried more than 40 percent of the nation's intercity freight, 70 percent of vehicles from domestic manufacturers, 64 percent of the nation's coal, and 40 percent of the nation's grain (Association of American Railroads).

• Estimated annual gasoline savings from transit use are 200 gallons for each person switching from driving, 85 million gallons for a 10 percent increase in ridership in the five largest U.S. cities, and 135 million gallons for a 10 percent nationwide increase in transit ridership (American Public Transportation Association, Transit Fact Book 1999).

• In 2000, usage of U.S. public transportation systems grew by an estimated 320 million rides, to a total of 9.4 billion trips. This ridership represents the highest level of use in public transportation in more than 40 years (American Public Transportation Association).

• A bus with as few as seven passengers is more fuel-efficient than the average single-occupant auto used for commuting (American Public Transportation Association, Transit Fact Book 1999).

• More than 95 percent of U.S. international trade moves by water (Bureau of Transportation Statistics).

• An estimated 3,000 ships will be transiting the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 2001 (Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation).

• South Korea and Japan are the world’s largest merchant shipbuilders, followed by a distant third-place China. The United States ranks 11th, with 1 percent of the world’s gross tonnage (Lloyd’s Maritime Information Service, February 2001).

• By tonnage, three-fourths of U.S. foreign trade is waterborne but by value it is about 40 percent. More waterborne value and tonnage is typically imported than is exported (BTS, based on Maritime Administration and U.S. Department of Commerce data).