Abstract
Since transportation is a part of every good and service produced in the economy, the transportation system in an affluent and highly industrialized economy is a very large enterprise. In the U.S., the transportation system accounts for over 4 trillion passenger miles of travel and almost 4 trillion miles of freight, generated by over 260 million people, 6 million business establishments, and 80,000 units of government. Every tenth American worker is engaged in moving people or goods, fabricating, selling, or servicing transport vehicles and infrastructure, or providing other crucial services supporting the transportation system. Indeed, transportation accounts for about 11% of the U.S. gross domestic product—a contribution roughly comparable to major functional sectors such as food (12%), health (14%), and education (7%).
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Lakshmanan, T.R., Nijkamp, P., Verhoef, E. (1997). Full Benefits and Costs of Transportation: Review and Prospects. In: Greene, D.L., Jones, D.W., Delucchi, M.A. (eds) The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59064-1_14
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