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U.S.
Department of Transportation
Today’s Transportation Challenges
Safety
•32,367 highway deaths in 2011
•5.3 million crashes in 2011
•Leading cause of death for ages 4, 11-27
Mobility
•4.8 billion hours of travel delay
•$101
billion cost of urban congestion
Environment
•1.9
billion gallons of wasted fuel
Data Sources: Traffic Safety Facts: 2010 Data, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, June 2012; 2011 Annual Urban Mobility Report, Texas
Transportation Institute