StateMaster - Alaskan Transportation statistics

Active Aviation Pilots	8,711	[23rd of 51]
Active Aviation Pilots (per capita)	1.313 per 100 people	[1st of 51]
Active Flight Instructors	1,222	[25th of 51]
Active Flight Instructors (per capita)	1.841 per 1,000 people	[1st of 51]
Airports	508	[5th of 51]
Airports (per capita)	76.545 per 100,000 people	[1st of 51]
Auto Accidents > Pedestrian fatalities as percent of total	8.4%	[29th of 51]
Auto Accidents > Pedestrian fatality rate per 100,000 population	1.2	[35th of 51]
Auto Fatalities > Restraint not used, percent	43.8%	[42nd of 51]
Auto Fatalities > Restraint used, percent	37.5%	[26th of 51]
Border Crossing > Incoming Buses	10,200	[7th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Buses (1995-2004 change)	3,638	[5th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Buses (1995-2004 total)	91,662	[7th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Buses (per capita)	15.369 per 1,000 people	[1st of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Personal Vehicles	117,142	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Personal Vehicles (1995-2004 change)	-8,094	[5th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Personal Vehicles (1995-2004 total)	1,177,917	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Personal Vehicles (per capita)	0.177 per capita	[13th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons	455,988	[13th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons (1995-2004 change)	79,378	[4th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons (1995-2004 total)	4,300,151	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons (per capita)	0.687 per capita	[12th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Buses	145,868	[7th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Buses (1995-2004 change)	59,391	[5th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Buses (1995-2004 total)	1,355,416	[7th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Buses (per capita)	2.198 per 10 people	[2nd of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Personal Vehicles	253,701	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Personal Vehicles (1995-2004 change)	-16,887	[4th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Personal Vehicles (1995-2004 total)	2,617,876	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Personal Vehicles (per capita)	0.382 per capita	[13th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Trains	52,353	[2nd of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Trains (1995-2004 change)	33,586	[1st of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Trains (1995-2004 total)	318,447	[4th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > By Trains (per capita)	78.885 per 1,000 people	[1st of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > Pedestrians	4,066	[12th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > Pedestrians (1995-2004 change)	3,288	[7th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > Pedestrians (1995-2004 total)	8,412	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Persons > Pedestrians (per capita)	0.613 per 100 people	[10th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trains	253	[13th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trains (1995-2004 change)	26	[6th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trains (1995-2004 total)	2,701	[13th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trains (per capita)	3.812 per 10,000 people	[9th of 13]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trucks	11,134	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trucks (1995-2004 change)	-968	[13th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trucks (1995-2004 total)	122,281	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Trucks (per capita)	0.168 per 10 people	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Vehicles	138,476	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Vehicles (1995-2004 change)	-5,424	[5th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Vehicles (1995-2004 total)	1,391,860	[14th of 14]
Border Crossing > Incoming Vehicles (per capita)	0.209 per capita	[13th of 14]
Bridges > Functionally obsolete	205	[48th of 51]
Bridges > Functionally obsolete (per capita)	0.309 per 1,000 people	[26th of 51]
Bridges > Percent functionally obsolete or structurally deficient	29.7%	[20th of 51]
Bridges > Structurally deficient	144	[48th of 51]
Bridges > Structurally deficient (per capita)	2.17 per 10,000 people	[27th of 51]
Bridges > Total number	1,174	[47th of 51]
Bridges > Total number (per capita)	1.769 per 1,000 people	[32nd of 51]
Heliports	35	[38th of 51]
Heliports (per capita)	0.527 per 10,000 people	[1st of 51]
Helmet Laws > Motorcycle riders	Younger than 18
Helmut Laws > Bicycle riders	No law
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Fatalities	0	[44th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Fatalities (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[50th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Incidents of collision	1	[50th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Incidents of collision (per capita)	0.151 per 100,000 people	[47th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Injuries	1	[46th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Injuries (per capita)	1.507 per 1 million people	[39th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Total number	342	[48th of 51]
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Total number (per capita)	5.153 per 10,000 people	[38th of 51]
Inland Waterway Mileage	5,497	[1st of 40]
Inland Waterway Mileage (per capita)	82.828 per 10,000 people	[1st of 40]
Large truck fatalities	4	[50th of 51]
Large truck fatalities (per capita)	0.603 per 100,000 people	[47th of 51]
Large truck fatalities > Percent of total	3.3%	[49th of 51]
Large truck fatalities > Percent of total (per capita)	4.972 % per 1 million people	[11th of 51]
Large trucks involved in fatal crashes	3.3%	[49th of 51]
Licensed Drivers > Per 1,000 driving age population	999	[3rd of 51]
Licensed Drivers > Per registered vehicle	0.77	[42nd of 51]
Licensed Drivers > Total number	481,487	[48th of 51]
Licensed Drivers > Total number (per capita)	0.726 per capita	[9th of 51]
Number of toll bridges	0	[49th of 51]
Number of toll bridges (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[49th of 51]
Number of toll ferries	12	[4th of 51]
Number of toll ferries (per capita)	180.815 per 10 million people	[1st of 51]
Number of toll tunnels	1	[6th of 8]
Number of toll tunnels (per capita)	15.068 per 10 million people	[1st of 8]
Public Transportation > Annual unlinked passenger trips	3,467,000	[41st of 51]
Public Transportation > Annual unlinked passenger trips (per capita)	5.224 per capita	[31st of 51]
Public Transportation > Federal funding, 1995	$4,841,000.00	[44th of 51]
Public Transportation > Federal funding, 1995 (per $ GDP)	$0.14 per $1,000 of GDP	[35th of 51]
Public Transportation > Federal funding, 1995 (per capita)	$7.29 per capita	[27th of 51]
Public Transportation > Federal funding, 2003	$35,037,000.00	[33rd of 51]
Public Transportation > Federal funding, 2003 (per $ GDP)	$1.03 per $1,000 of GDP	[6th of 51]
Public Transportation > Federal funding, 2003 (per capita)	$52.79 per capita	[3rd of 51]
Public Transportation > Percent commuter rail	0%	[22nd of 51]
Public Transportation > Percent heavy rail	0%	[33rd of 51]
Public Transportation > Percent light rail	0%	[45th of 51]
Public Transportation > Percent motor bus	90%	[25th of 51]
Public Transportation > Percent other	10%	[9th of 51]
Public Transportation > State funding, 1995	$0.00	[47th of 47]
Public Transportation > State funding, 1995 (per $ GDP)	$0.00 per $1 million of GDP	[47th of 47]
Public Transportation > State funding, 1995 (per capita)	$0.00 per 10 people	[47th of 47]
Public Transportation > State funding, 2003	$0.00	[47th of 51]
Public Transportation > State funding, 2003 (per $ GDP)	$0.00 per $100,000 of GDP	[50th of 51]
Public Transportation > State funding, 2003 (per capita)	$0.00 per capita	[48th of 51]
Rail Accidents > Fatalities	0	[50th of 51]
Rail Accidents > Fatalities (per capita)	0 per 100,000 people	[49th of 51]
Rail Accidents > Injuries	43	[43rd of 51]
Rail Accidents > Injuries (per capita)	6.479 per 100,000 people	[8th of 51]
Rail Accidents > Total number	47	[45th of 51]
Rail Accidents > Total number (per capita)	7.082 per 100,000 people	[15th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Alcohol related	9	[24th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Alcohol related (per capita)	13.561 per 1 million people	[1st of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Deaths in alcohol related events	8	[9th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Deaths in alcohol related events (per capita)	12.054 per 1 million people	[1st of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Fatalities	21	[8th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Fatalities (per capita)	3.164 per 100,000 people	[1st of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Injuries	20	[40th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Injuries (per capita)	3.014 per 100,000 people	[7th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Injuries in alcohol related events	3	[39th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Injuries in alcohol related events (per capita)	4.52 per 1 million people	[9th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Total	48	[35th of 51]
Recreational Boating Accidents > Total (per capita)	7.233 per 100,000 people	[1st of 51]
Road Condition > Fair	1,836	[44th of 51]
Road Condition > Fair (per capita)	27.665 per 10,000 people	[10th of 51]
Road Condition > Good	716	[46th of 51]
Road Condition > Good (per capita)	1.079 per 1,000 people	[24th of 51]
Road Condition > Mediocre	640	[40th of 51]
Road Condition > Mediocre (per capita)	9.643 per 10,000 people	[7th of 51]
Road Condition > Poor	194	[41st of 51]
Road Condition > Poor (per capita)	29.232 per 100,000 people	[17th of 51]
Road Condition > Very good	113	[48th of 51]
Road Condition > Very good (per capita)	1.703 per 10,000 people	[39th of 51]
Seaplane bases	121	[1st of 51]
Seaplane bases (per capita)	182.322 per 1 million people	[1st of 51]
Seat belt fines	$15.00	[41st of 50]
Seat Belt Use	77%	[31st of 50]
STOLports	0	[47th of 51]
STOLports (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[47th of 51]
Toll road mileage	0	[44th of 51]
Toll road mileage (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[27th of 51]
Total number of airports, heliports, STOLports, and seaplane bases	664	[7th of 51]
Total number of airports, heliports, STOLports, and seaplane bases (per capita)	10.005 per 10,000 people	[1st of 51]

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 2003 U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, table 5, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Airports, Airport Safety Data Branch, 2004.; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003: Pedestrians, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2004; Bureau of Transportation Statistics, The Intermodal Transportation Database ; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory: Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System, Washington, DC: 2004; Insurance Institute for Highway Safety-Highway Loss Data Institute, Helmet Use Laws, 2004.; Insurance Institute for Highway Safety-Highway Loss Data Institute, Helmet Use Laws, 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2003, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, National Waterway Network, October 2004.; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003: Overview, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2003, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Toll Facilities in the United States: Bridges-Roads-Tunnels-Ferries, Washington, DC: July 2003; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database; U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation for Calendar Year 2003, Washington, DC: 2004, table 1.2.; U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2003, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics, 2003, Washington, DC: 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Safety Belt Use in 2004 - Use Rates in the States and Territories, Washington, DC: November 2004

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