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North America > United States > Transportation

AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 8,534,500 [1st of 155]
Airports 14,947 Time series [1st of 247]
Cars 478 per 1,000 people [7th of 18]
Container port traffic 38,519,040 TEU Time series [2nd of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 146 Time series [2nd of 99]
Highways > Paved 4,148,395 km Time series [1st of 113]
Highways > Total 6,406,296 km Time series [1st of 118]
Motor vehicles 765 motor vehicles per 100 p [1st of 134]
Pipelines
petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km
Ports and harbors
Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Portland (Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Toledo
Ports and terminals
Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City
Railways > Total 226,612 km Time series [2nd of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 2,034,915 million ton-km Time series [1st of 52]
Roads, total network > km 6,433,272 km Time series [1st of 172]
Roadways > Paved 4,209,835 km Time series [1st of 81]
Roadways > Total 6,465,799 km Time series [1st of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 40-70 (25-45 mph)
Vehicle abundance 46.56 per square km [18th of 141]
Waterways 41,009 km Time series [2nd of 165]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World Development Indicators database; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United States, United States of America, usa, America, The United States, u.s.

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