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Aircraft departures	8,534,500		[1st of 155]
Airports	14,947		[1st of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Cars	478 per 1,000 people		[7th of 18]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Container port traffic	38,519,040 TEU		[2nd of 63]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM)
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Source: World Development Indicators database
Heliports	146		[2nd of 99]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved	4,148,395 km		[1st of 113]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total	6,406,296 km		[1st of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	765 motor vehicles per 100 p		[1st of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	226,612 km		[2nd of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km	2,034,915 million ton-km		[1st of 52]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	6,433,272 km		[1st of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved	4,209,835 km		[1st of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	6,465,799 km		[1st of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	40-70 (25-45 mph)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	46.56 per square km		[18th of 141]
Source: Wikipedia: Speed limit
Waterways	41,009 km		[2nd of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

Interesting facts on American Transportation

• American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
• More than a third of the world's airports are in the United States of America.

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