Conditions and Performance Report. This chapter describes operational performance of the highway and transit infrastructure.
Operational performance reflects the quality of service provided by transportation systems.
It shows how well each system accommodates travel demand. The chapter begins with a Summary section highlighting the key highway and transit statistics discussed later in this chapter, and comparing them with the values from the last report. Where the 1995 data have been revised, this is reflected in the summary table. The highway section of this chapter begins by briefly discussing the costs of congestion. It examines the impact of congestion on highway users and on the entire American economy.