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This report was prepared by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign staff over a period of nearly a year.  Campaign staff reviewed dozens of sources, culling the most indicative data to tell the story of how New Jersey’s transportation system has performed in recent years. 

With a few exceptions, each metric includes the trend over time, typically the period from 1997 to 2004.  This period was selected because 1997 was commonly the earliest year for which data was available, and 2004 was the most recent year for which complete data was available.  In a few cases, data were not available for this time period, and the Campaign instead used the most similar range of years available.

In most cases, federal data was utilized.  This was because federal data was deemed most consistent over the period examined, and also because it was relatively easy to track down and compile.

Sources for each of the metrics are carefully identified alongside the accompanying charts or maps.

The Campaign would like to thank Courtney Carroll and Dan Stessel of NJ Transit for patiently tolerating our multiple inquiries, as well as Tim Evans at NJ Future and Doug O’Malley of Environment New Jersey for reviewing our findings.