ABOUT RITA | CONTACT US | PRESS ROOM | CAREERS | SITE MAP

Data and Statistics Bookstore Programs About BTS Upcoming Press Releases External Links BTS Home > Publications > BTS Special Report > July 27, 2007 Figure 4: BTS Ton-mile Calculations by Mode (Rail, truck, water, & pipeline in trillions, air in billions) Excel | CSV | Graphic Version   1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Truck 0.63 0.63 0.65 0.67 0.71 0.72 0.74 0.77 0.80 0.83 0.85 0.87 0.89 0.93 0.99 1.03 1.06 1.11 1.14 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.25 1.26 1.28 1.29 Railroad 0.93 0.92 0.81 0.84 0.90 0.88 0.89 0.95 1.03 1.05 1.06 1.04 1.10 1.14 1.22 1.32 1.38 1.39 1.45 1.50 1.55 1.60 1.61 1.60 1.68 1.73 Water 0.92 0.93 0.89 0.92 0.89 0.89 0.87 0.90 0.89 0.82 0.83 0.85 0.86 0.79 0.81 0.81 0.76 0.71 0.67 0.66 0.65 0.62 0.61 0.61 0.62 0.59 Pipeline 0.92 0.88 0.85 0.81 0.84 0.82 0.82 0.84 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.87 0.89 0.90 0.91 0.93 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.95 0.93 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.94 0.90 Air 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 16

Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) • U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE • Washington, DC 20590 • 800-853-1351 • E-mail RITA Accessibility | Disclaimer | FedStats | Freedom of Information Act | No FEAR Act | OIG Hotline | Privacy Policy | RSS | USA.gov | White House | Wireless Plug-ins: PDF Reader | Flash Player | Excel Viewer | PowerPoint Viewer | Word Viewer | WinZip

NOTE: The figure for air ton-miles (blue) is in billions; the figures for truck, rail, water, and pipeline are in trillions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculations using data from various sources. See box on previous page for details.