Transportation terminology · MLC-0120
Transportation terms: P (35)
- Pacific divisionWashington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii
- Parcel Delivery/Courier/U.S. Postal ServiceDelivery services, parcels, packages, and other small shipments that typically weigh less than 100 pounds...
- PassengerAny person on board a flight who is not a member of the flight or cabin crew.
- Passenger carA motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers on ordinary roads, includes convertibles, sedans...
- Passenger mileOne passenger transported one statute mile. Total passenger miles are computed by summation of the products...
- Passenger revenue1) Rail: Revenue from the sale of tickets. 2) Air: Revenues from the transport of passengers by air. 3)...
- Passenger revenues, see Passenger revenue
- Passenger service expensesCost of activities contributing to the comfort, safety, and convenience of passengers while in flight or when...
- Passenger vesselsA vessel designed for the commercial transport of passengers.
- PayloadEqual to the certificated takeoff weight of an aircraft, less the empty weight, less all justifiable aircraft...
- Peak-period TripAny travel day trip that began between 6:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. or from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- PedalcyclistA person on a vehicle that is powered solely by pedals.
- PedestrianAny person not in or on a motor vehicle or other vehicle. Excludes people in buildings or sitting at a...
- Person Miles of TravelA measure of person travel. When one person travels one mile, one person mile of travel results. Where 2 or...
- Person tripA person trip is a trip by one or more persons in any mode of transportation. Each person is considered as...
- Person trip (American Travel Survey), see Person trip
- Personal business trip (American Travel Survey)A trip taken for a school-related activity or for personal or family business, including weddings and...
- Personal casualty (Transit)1) An incident in which a person is hurt while getting on or off a transit vehicle (e.g., falls or door...
- Personal use vehicle tripAny trip in which the main type of transportation used to cover most of the miles on that trip was auto...
- Personal watercraftCraft less than 13 feet in length designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing, or...
- Personal-use vehicle trip (American Travel Survey), see Personal use vehicle trip
- Person-MilesAn estimate of the aggregate distances traveled by all persons who took a trip and is based on the estimated...
- Person-miles (American Travel Survey), see Person-Miles
- Person-NightsThe aggregate number of nights spent by all persons on a trip. For example, if two people took a trip that...
- Petroleum (Oil)A generic term applied to oil and oil products in all forms, such as crude oil, lease condensate, unfinished...
- PipelineMovements of oil, petroleum, gas, slurry, etc., through pipelines that extend to other establishments or...
- PlaceDefined by the Census Bureau as having a population of 2,500 or more. Cities, towns, and villages are all...
- Place of residenceThe location at which Census respondents said they lived at the time the Census was taken. Household and...
- Place of workThe location at which Census respondents said they worked. Worker characteristics summarized by work place...
- Pleasure tripAny trip where the purpose of the trip is given as to visit friends or relatives, rest or relaxation, school...
- Pleasure trip (American Travel Survey), see Pleasure trip
- Primary Metropolitan Statistical AreaA component area of a consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA). Any metropolitan area having more...
- Principal means of transportationThe means of transportation used for most of the distance from the origin to the destination. Respondents...
- Private truckTrucks operated by a temporary or permanent employee of an establishment or the buyer/receiver of the...
- Private vehicleAutomobile: A privately owned and/or operated licensed motorized vehicle including cars, jeeps and station...
- Promotion and sales expensesCost incurred in promoting the use of air transportation generally and creating a public preference for the...
- Property damage (Transit)The dollar amount required to repair or replace transit property (including stations, right of way, bus...
- PSUPrimary Sampling Unit
- Public roadAny road under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority (federal, state, county, town, or...
- Public transportationBus: Includes intercity buses, mass transit systems, and shuttle buses that are available to the general...
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