Transportation terminology · MLC-0120
Transportation terms: T (35)
- TankerAn oceangoing ship designed to haul liquid bulk cargo in world trade.
- Taxi-in timeThe time elapsed between wheels down and arrival at the destination airport gate.
- Taxi-out timeThe time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off.
- Ton mileOne ton (2,000 pounds) transported one statue mile. Ton-miles are computed by multiplying the aircraft miles...
- Ton-mile (Truck), see Ton mile
- Ton-mile (Water), see Ton mile
- Tons shippedThe total weight of an entire shipment. Respondents reported the weight in pounds. Aggregated pounds were...
- Total itinerary yieldItinerary fare per itinerary miles flown. The itinerary includes all segements of a journey from origin to...
- Total modal activityThe overall activity (e.g., ton-miles) of a specific mode of transportation, whether used in a single-mode...
- TrackThe actual flight path of an aircraft over the surface of the earth.
- Traffic accidentAn accident that involved a motor vehicle that occurred on a public highway or road in the United States and...
- Traffic Analysis ZoneLevel of geographic detail used in most transportation planning applications to summarize socio-economic...
- Traffic related expensesExpenses incurred due to traffic solicitor salaries, traffic commissions, passenger food expense, traffic...
- Trafficway (Highway)Any right-of-way open to the public as a matter of right or custom for moving persons or property from one...
- Train line mileageThe aggregate length of all line-haul railroads. It does not include the mileage of yard tracks or sidings...
- Train-mileThe movement of a train a distance of one mile measured by the distance between terminals and/or stations and...
- TransferTo change vehicles or means of transportation while traveling between origin and destination.
- Transit vehicleIncludes light, heavy, and commuter rail; motor bus; trolley bus; van pools; automated guideway; and...
- Transport-related expensesAll expense items applicable to the generation of transport-related revenues.
- Transport-related revenuesRevenues from the transportation by air of all classes of traffic in scheduled and nonscheduled service.
- TransshipmentsShipments that enter or exit the United States by way of a U.S. Customs port on the northern or southern...
- Travel dayA 24-hour period from 4:00 a.m. to 3:59 a.m. designated as the reference period for studying trips and travel...
- Travel day tripA travel day trip is defined as any one-way travel from one address (place) to another by any means of...
- Travel Party (American Travel Survey)Household and nonhousehold members traveling together on a trip.
- Travel party sizeAny of three groups depending on whether household and/or non-household members were on the trip. Travel...
- Travel party typeAny of eight categories describing the number of adults and children in the group.
- Travel periodThe 13 days immediately preceding the travel day and the designated travel day for a sampled household, for a...
- Travel period tripA travel period trip is one-way to a destination, which is 75 miles-or-more from home with a return home trip...
- Trespasser (Rail)Any person whose presence on railroad property used in railroad operations is prohibited, forbidden, or...
- TripEach time a person goes to a place at least 100 miles away from home and returns. Respondents were asked to...
- Trip (American Travel Survey), see Trip
- Trip breakTrip Breaks are points in the itinerary at which a passenger is assumed to have stopped for a reason other...
- Trip chainingA term used to refer to the phenomenon of making intermediate stops as part of a longer trip. For example...
- Trip purposeThe main reason that motivated the trip. For purposes of this survey, there are 11 trip reasons. For travel...
- Trolley busRubber-tired electric transit vehicle, manually steered and propelled by a motor drawing current, normally...
- TruckShipments using for-hire truck only, private truck only, or a combination of for-hire truck and private truck.
- Trust FundsAccounts that are specifically designated by law to carry out specific purposes and programs. Trust Funds are...
- Tug boatA powered vessel designed for the towing or pushing of ships, dumb barges, pushed-towed barges, and rafts...
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