Pavement condition data are derived from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) annual survey of state and locally maintained roads and highways, based on a uniform pavement rating index. While Pittsburgh roads have improved in the last few years among our benchmark regions, almost half of our roads remain in mediocre or poor condition. More
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Quality of Roads
Transportation
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Road Quality & Costs
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Additional Vehicle Operating Costs
Transportation
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Road Quality & Costs
A measure of the overall efficiency of a metropolitan transportation system is the estimated annual cost of operating motor vehicles that can be attributed to the condition of the roads. Wear and tear from poor road surfaces, traffic delay and weather are relevant factors in the assessment. More
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Barge Traffic
Transportation
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River Tonnage & Barge Traffic
Traffic data for the Port of Pittsburgh comes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and its Lock Performance Monitoring System. Data about lock traffic is a good measure of lock activity, but is not as reliable or timely as a measure of actual tonnage; it’s reported only after a delay... More
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River Tonnage
Transportation
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River Tonnage & Barge Traffic
Traffic data for the Port of Pittsburgh comes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and its Lock Performance Monitoring System. Data in this instance are a port-to-port tonnage measurement and are reported annually here and elsewhere with a time lag between data gathering and publication delay of 1 1/2 to... More
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River Tonnage Trend
Transportation
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River Tonnage & Barge Traffic
Traffic data for the Port of Pittsburgh comes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and its Lock Performance Monitoring System. Data in this instance are a port-to-port tonnage measurement and are reported annually here and elsewhere with a time lag between data gathering and publication delay of 1 1/2 to... More
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Year-to-Date Air Passengers
Air traffic in the region is centered at Pittsburgh International Airport. Getting comparative data for the Pittsburgh region has been complicated by upheavals in the airline industry and US Air’s abandonment of its Pittsburgh hub. Through a consultant, Seabury APG, comparative data for the past ten years are now available on a quarterly basis. The... More
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Year-to-Date Airport Information
Air traffic in the region is centered at Pittsburgh International Airport. Getting comparative data for the Pittsburgh region has been complicated by upheavals in the airline industry and US Air’s abandonment of its Pittsburgh hub. Through a consultant, Seabury APG, comparative data for the past ten years are now available on a quarterly basis. More
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Annual Air Passenger Trend
Air traffic in the region is centered at Pittsburgh International Airport. Getting comparative data for the Pittsburgh region has been complicated by upheavals in the airline industry and US Air’s abandonment of its Pittsburgh hub. Through a consultant, Seabury APG, comparative data for the past ten years are now available on a quarterly basis. The... More
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Annual Airport Information Trends
Air traffic in the region is centered at Pittsburgh International Airport. Getting comparative data for the Pittsburgh region has been complicated by upheavals in the airline industry and US Air’s abandonment of its Pittsburgh hub. Through a consultant, Seabury APG, comparative data for the past ten years are now available on a quarterly basis. More