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Figure 3: Comparison of Seasonally Adjusted Indexes for the Various Domestic Transportation Modes, 1979 to 2005

(Year 2000=100)

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  Water Tonnage Trucking Tonnage Transit Ridership Rail RPM Rail RTM Natural Gas
Moved by Pipelines		 Petroleum and Products
Moved by Pipelines		 Air TRPM Air TRTMFM
Jan-79 84.20716721 63.84305537 82.32554046 84.43709739 82.23121468 50.128 50.128 38.13311954 26.6400154
Feb-79 87.24338807 66.57925336 82.07270141 84.66302501 81.84413653 51.365 51.365 38.89440674 25.12631897
Mar-79 94.36676224 67.29062412 83.20208679 84.6570952 82.36506433 51.146 51.146 39.86768551 26.3180509
Apr-79 89.93857281 47.99261594 84.68863762 90.60046443 83.01728502 51.093 51.093 38.56714514 26.34666569
May-79 94.88120811 62.61350959 86.4057175 93.27816762 83.75986321 50.764 50.764 37.68331176 25.456936
Jun-79 98.73159144 62.35156117 86.53686135 78.36736143 84.70423411 51.837 51.837 39.25065894 25.65661658
Jul-79 96.19607124 60.65018093 89.51168174 91.39092601 86.64108154 52.174 52.174 39.62827238 25.75684469
Aug-79 97.26882062 58.35455172 86.42964833 88.11840234 87.50863824 52.172 52.172 40.93126734 24.84738591
Sep-79 88.11525841 57.79077624 88.44183072 85.1154152 87.9155134 52.233 52.233 39.97109348 25.23085361
Oct-79 96.21547447 57.55904227 88.70066017 80.05871673 86.88283951 52.744 52.744 39.3274401 25.9186532
Nov-79 95.04185733 56.37990306 89.0628769 82.41004977 87.03328515 52.955 52.955 39.90803431 25.91615632
Dec-79 92.10304134 56.75390579 84.49994857 83.11782736 87.61177863 54.061 54.061 39.05778291 25.41065342
Jan-80 97.10965313 53.97588578 87.57906483 81.93617656 90.00168472 51.44523741 51.44523741 38.56388637 26.08959839
Feb-80 94.07877709 52.36792668 86.84985602 83.49073587 89.74040088 58.46929975 58.46929975 39.29614701 25.80430009
Mar-80 89.78686706 52.85800805 87.97376062 82.69784573 89.41230306 57.21971769 57.21971769 38.11124208 25.74438832
Apr-80 94.92155033 50.15770845 78.59726823 79.67227405 87.29314332 52.31567101 52.31567101 37.88794674 25.60182105
May-80 94.25893299 47.25380365 88.63650687 81.0393009 86.33355634 49.07049307 49.07049307 37.4714874 25.89246956
Jun-80 93.97963691 46.40204637 87.71933544 82.52401638 85.48460808 48.17906847 48.17906847 37.94201392 25.77116063
Jul-80 92.07423924 44.14873413 87.18638159 81.52026999 84.45460129 48.17301853 48.17301853 37.49692229 25.72341663
Aug-80 89.62417404 47.05423686 87.86489493 81.4989987 84.37930283 47.7979951 47.7979951 38.18150607 26.05048853
Sep-80 89.45392495 47.95009241 87.44579156 82.24707478 84.69388518 49.83186037 49.83186037 37.38451416 25.62101944
Oct-80 85.91389519 48.9048498 87.89730901 88.68672835 85.88462741 52.03859232 52.03859232 37.20677173 24.34739189
Nov-80 93.05581466 50.47516499 86.88617612 86.22699787 86.72480894 55.30000146 55.30000146 36.92343296 24.92675886
Dec-80 95.6273946 51.42534043 82.85667775 84.87690202 87.92023425 57.46308444 57.46308444 36.9347314 25.01856747
Jan-81 91.39191864 50.68788645 88.45380835 87.49878254 90.73711708 58.99490119 58.99490119 37.08949844 25.20562111
Feb-81 94.25864751 51.02276922 89.64725773 85.62366 90.6374031 58.69632267 58.69632267 35.65824671 25.53054475
Mar-81 98.8143086 50.51556883 89.89988949 86.4962306 89.97654062 61.03307306 61.03307306 34.19578986 25.64597288
Apr-81 86.20701108 50.73237138 90.77991571 87.69458304 86.58280219 59.48593507 59.48593507 36.32490787 25.58318488
May-81 73.99954766 50.90964465 90.60984001 85.09734502 85.48639675 61.25218688 61.25218688 38.89498624 25.85202894
Jun-81 83.45158542 50.17073015 90.53841614 85.82000908 84.76989254 60.69610993 60.69610993 36.2640484 25.90019219
Jul-81 97.42686069 49.65900407 88.56304504 82.76350767 85.0990803 59.22333409 59.22333409 36.85190175 25.78573337
Aug-81 93.68399229 49.07542444 88.39890084 84.14218933 85.13798807 59.11981824 59.11981824 36.24987485 24.81802722
Sep-81 94.44892446 47.59793732 87.83471272 83.31904979 85.1549651 58.74759352 58.74759352 37.05845995 25.55770795
Oct-81 95.77533428 46.4964503 86.95964029 78.37038598 86.33383983 61.604435 61.604435 37.3045339 26.11453801
Nov-81 90.87727408 45.28505181 87.51729647 77.73953702 85.85661231 59.68301584 59.68301584 37.38869304 26.12570037
Dec-81 91.32728344 43.11121199 88.00015936 78.26344653 85.12727276 63.95616995 63.95616995 37.60770507 26.02327338
Jan-82 81.49880883 43.16401613 85.3257111 74.99480998 82.0874364 62.47695473 62.47695473 38.12181998 25.53493721
Feb-82 85.24447966 44.43270397 86.85789887 93.0848073 80.54944432 61.78701168 61.78701168 37.76783653 25.70896999
Mar-82 89.66093543 43.4358401 86.87430211 63.51936375 79.51574936 60.16398168 60.16398168 37.78440535 25.38156239
Apr-82 92.93407989 43.08979589 85.42425661 69.97266481 79.28336474 59.0749424 59.0749424 38.81287039 25.39800523
May-82 89.16421014 43.91629562 85.20719188 67.57011198 78.35005309 51.14744224 51.14744224 38.14621595 26.16043691
Jun-82 89.45206034 43.5687009 85.63143158 67.80925556 77.21558716 74.31593087 74.31593087 38.07851605 24.30530594
Jul-82 87.54143801 42.71848216 85.79589485 72.87075347 75.67178013 75.17512253 75.17512253 38.37313041 24.85381923
Aug-82 84.87802931 42.84868525 87.45675251 72.05707566 74.59212085 73.44804519 73.44804519 38.85657801 25.24928377
Sep-82 85.03099198 42.65408037 86.87873379 72.13427509 73.58197481 75.68829019 75.68829019 37.99684484 25.07818726
Oct-82 83.76858564 41.59986127 87.49011902 72.22323671 72.44359821 76.77466451 76.77466451 38.53686102 24.26519135
Nov-82 83.4268105 40.35148776 86.2103502 69.2792151 72.09824996 78.46396921 78.46396921 38.97490267 24.5527599
Dec-82 82.90470841 41.42089195 88.44264938 70.90275277 72.43253243 72.41092273 72.41092273 39.56707467 25.38567294
Jan-83 87.98462027 42.67435689 91.39085314 65.78131153 73.34639439 72.29725068 72.29725068 40.52525934 24.64628593
Feb-83 85.1035491 42.24790003 89.68744514 72.67857273 73.98953322 71.13118459 71.13118459 41.13413205 24.66998157
Mar-83 82.14184882 42.37832304 90.09040751 77.60500184 74.63795788 72.05114724 72.05114724 42.22291748 25.39789646
Apr-83 80.99048638 43.57177629 90.49857134 79.73012728 74.96713832 75.60974321 75.60974321 40.26842982 25.37631774
May-83 81.11483171 44.30638551 91.22932039 87.0633677 75.62996593 72.86605418 72.86605418 40.34827818 26.12153351
Jun-83 85.72097461 45.06271849 91.27185251 68.22703572 76.48478288 72.34635473 72.34635473 41.52074668 26.17951635
Jul-83 85.53052639 50.25335194 92.1236474 78.86238876 77.78730357 71.02197384 71.02197384 40.89346214 26.52273347
Aug-83 86.08436314 45.52223286 91.60653753 80.44921178 78.69251281 72.37728163 72.37728163 40.9597256 26.82274524
Sep-83 84.54807065 45.77393952 92.70660474 80.39779704 79.46366253 71.96800363 71.96800363 41.69254213 27.87517826
Oct-83 89.78751962 46.30276273 91.72872381 78.89354166 79.72446547 69.42690512 69.42690512 42.83797724 28.20010735
Nov-83 90.07985948 45.81368 92.72180442 84.34605069 80.75681599 70.38808705 70.38808705 42.0334939 28.86231559
Dec-83 80.92878842 47.28553777 92.55164808 81.74775177 82.26735257 71.51586666 71.51586666 42.19960049 28.94997654
Jan-84 88.72928028 47.75644839 92.74389174 81.15469067 84.3784308 76.34457452 76.34457452 41.9558957 29.12417405
Feb-84 96.08905571 47.14097741 93.26233313 82.16215884 85.97187421 78.05962061 78.05962061 42.59344654 28.0481935
Mar-84 95.97945454 47.69995463 93.39822113 80.01781966 87.17430274 77.19138591 77.19138591 42.87897071 28.92435456
Apr-84 95.62326479 48.76834174 92.14642768 78.89932051 88.03229114 80.58442856 80.58442856 43.63755925 29.50797427
May-84 97.61208779 47.69930841 93.40267417 82.89087193 88.40529918 79.2289458 79.2289458 44.52236887 29.12942623
Jun-84 97.87738512 47.99672741 92.39574348 85.77085415 88.64768849 76.18135884 76.18135884 45.00338436 29.39241394
Jul-84 96.43988725 47.90412281 92.83880744 80.38988579 88.42508078 75.55083828 75.55083828 43.52786747 30.25697882
Aug-84 96.01014093 47.82293088 93.49861603 78.6083953 88.15641468 75.28328397 75.28328397 44.89401939 30.10638446
Sep-84 98.80173999 47.29760111 94.14216893 80.46947552 87.71870034 75.7948231 75.7948231 47.02976277 29.5228812
Oct-84 91.2692281 47.40466486 94.19879587 81.57463635 87.38237417 77.12428462 77.12428462 46.49804257 29.52445763
Nov-84 91.13994684 47.57822487 93.56199033 80.88270304 86.246277 77.02028886 77.02028886 46.7116531 28.91302662
Dec-84 91.58417733 48.11537773 93.8296845 83.00712374 84.64965349 74.96881668 74.96881668 47.52964422 28.31060463
Jan-85 91.60648264 46.40818805 88.73113477 83.93841045 80.5500026 78.2383401 78.2383401 47.30992535 27.60955004
Feb-85 91.00648412 45.90780933 91.7258821 84.97159921 79.56174056 89.42377386 89.42377386 46.29478193 27.69328423
Mar-85 93.8612582 46.29012764 92.22636409 72.5550571 79.32991689 81.43463963 81.43463963 48.89222133 26.07689665
Apr-85 107.8302572 45.73481077 92.71552001 88.31836778 81.38715937 82.36464219 82.36464219 49.12462409 27.23748958
May-85 100.43357 45.77563493 92.15839342 90.74758012 81.71026109 81.55980495 81.55980495 50.35115356 27.54210375
Jun-85 92.99074753 44.98373328 91.44490577 89.79842126 82.13894742 84.08749545 84.08749545 49.70931908 28.00281693
Jul-85 93.67897329 43.96451381 90.92187462 89.64465771 82.52093532 85.29100501 85.29100501 49.66648856 28.34274006
Aug-85 95.06526644 44.64775105 91.87837169 91.74286199 82.66144346 84.88956358 84.88956358 49.20259241 28.29051127
Sep-85 97.26730797 44.98345129 90.00204403 88.02364881 82.6458632 83.84796103 83.84796103 49.01359241 28.92085791
Oct-85 103.2200706 44.76233594 91.2958028 89.64734954 81.6251464 82.52986496 82.52986496 49.16177261 29.63355424
Nov-85 95.93831939 45.57696048 91.51895806 92.16695987 81.54275961 81.86312588 81.86312588 50.10113487 30.10096069
Dec-85 112.5567854 44.98065144 91.21437533 93.48110364 81.65826954 89.68229328 89.68229328 51.59840819 31.35627783
Jan-86 105.9599619 45.77457279 92.15624253 89.95588553 82.5830619 82.98972053 82.98972053 52.32870909 33.88998578
Feb-86 103.5526105 47.10737976 93.1254877 89.1354066 82.84836247 82.37544415 82.37544415 51.84171408 34.03686999
Mar-86 102.174583 47.36380691 92.13265665 91.12763774 82.7799458 82.57415025 82.57415025 52.19882102 34.01311547
Apr-86 105.5221607 47.33782963 94.56821994 86.79509461 82.15758798 80.42548964 80.42548964 52.18577888 34.46098267
May-86 100.3651164 47.69218169 92.29055261 86.35199471 81.81872941 83.58348835 83.58348835 52.07891304 34.73739873
Jun-86 102.3722896 47.6921795 92.5477439 89.79741047 81.72430309 83.59978599 83.59978599 51.85164592 34.76141584
Jul-86 100.021912 50.72301531 93.0595208 89.51357216 81.58733555 83.10373422 83.10373422 53.03422155 34.95593972
Aug-86 99.47511756 51.12167801 92.17226712 89.50598328 81.80992384 81.53293846 81.53293846 54.36967953 36.08584922
Sep-86 99.621633 51.163207 93.36318882 92.89300474 82.25956931 82.38644971 82.38644971 54.23781808 35.92892597
Oct-86 96.81544543 51.17085366 93.28455076 93.05780802 82.71543535 80.69490958 80.69490958 53.58261364 36.09658142
Nov-86 101.2445925 51.22935245 92.68010055 90.96497971 83.24101769 81.16901811 81.16901811 55.6297192 36.83184662
Dec-86 99.66236437 50.99296018 93.09389153 91.30481895 83.76769279 82.83023939 82.83023939 55.99123212 37.17747721
Jan-87 101.9379207 51.0765594 92.0022946 90.2813305 84.52526764 84.34006106 84.34006106 55.9287824 38.03016404
Feb-87 100.0529016 53.23832165 91.46312417 83.99670196 85.15027567 83.46531036 83.46531036 58.25806705 38.54180024
Mar-87 103.2715588 53.25948115 91.65047586 89.07758169 85.68654428 83.76056027 83.76056027 59.51582879 40.53506701
Apr-87 100.5175762 52.5523255 91.74622838 92.7513054 85.93921905 84.85132306 84.85132306 60.23178017 41.5904415
May-87 100.5628533 53.17823765 91.63298963 97.14043562 86.58229542 83.14480257 83.14480257 59.99583585 42.21549166
Jun-87 104.2411402 53.31048404 92.12746065 101.5926807 87.50463361 84.49668795 84.49668795 57.98970055 42.59880827
Jul-87 104.307709 54.03944652 93.4252559 104.5852591 88.80379701 83.61188052 83.61188052 59.87372607 42.87079482
Aug-87 102.4132685 54.67969932 93.1505781 105.3862833 89.99714118 85.13033904 85.13033904 60.02473933 41.4923675
Sep-87 102.8467897 55.60332869 91.64198332 106.1026926 91.26572044 85.15516352 85.15516352 58.52828085 43.89619977
Oct-87 107.2867768 56.11022972 93.43733392 107.5871883 92.62047522 88.38501742 88.38501742 58.9538299 44.45892721
Nov-87 103.5683261 57.70356477 93.21387997 108.8170038 93.36160484 88.7246174 88.7246174 59.08620863 44.70116687
Dec-87 107.5974567 57.51393747 93.43787249 107.2022893 93.72308082 87.83595829 87.83595829 58.07397829 49.17626687
Jan-88 105.6374841 58.2808569 92.42313449 107.9096476 93.27475817 87.72670904 87.72670904 59.23367868 46.56508507
Feb-88 109.0722882 57.73217319 91.933863 105.4907187 93.47110333 91.9865547 91.9865547 61.83776721 46.35202354
Mar-88 106.7901951 58.13745676 87.11020016 104.033666 93.77712666 89.22283571 89.22283571 60.82912818 45.90884534
Apr-88 106.7306921 58.71452245 93.55860587 106.6316539 94.51457238 87.35086529 87.35086529 61.30026656 45.37563553
May-88 108.0396315 59.29868476 91.75371058 106.9561523 94.75541745 89.40384609 89.40384609 61.3900805 46.16720848
Jun-88 106.835358 60.77292427 93.21309681 106.6730719 94.82132799 88.66325907 88.66325907 61.33412919 46.43599739
Jul-88 98.43881399 58.4366187 92.48555055 108.5649885 94.10944497 88.60058728 88.60058728 61.81846031 47.12198441
Aug-88 109.3736194 58.29873651 93.19586156 109.1131494 94.29366764 89.06719967 89.06719967 62.10682462 46.77585156
Sep-88 106.3242445 59.16167171 91.35961083 107.0494356 94.8048242 87.54069435 87.54069435 62.17607375 45.8743168
Oct-88 105.7729445 59.18867297 89.1199446 108.6229025 95.87403849 87.6409146 87.6409146 63.45641133 49.28396093
Nov-88 107.1488553 58.67305385 90.83383463 109.1238573 96.10781803 88.39717081 88.39717081 62.87139845 50.09977488
Dec-88 115.834572 59.13347535 91.64146386 109.9326846 96.03958158 88.30711285 88.30711285 62.27906265 51.75902821
Jan-89 111.2278478 58.30900944 93.31802004 114.8288806 95.17421365 85.14493877 85.14493877 62.58567699 51.13308118
Feb-89 106.6713511 57.22517772 92.43638733 114.7114142 95.06813936 89.28898537 89.28898537 61.18677219 51.82543835
Mar-89 105.6209272 56.60222706 93.1920477 115.4023037 95.15912855 91.6354417 91.6354417 60.83815268 52.18090262
Apr-89 110.1528736 57.24056345 94.28499746 113.2593796 95.71076823 90.68143536 90.68143536 61.10277252 53.66798017
May-89 111.5396915 56.5791286 94.83517486 112.9252145 95.90122682 90.24658512 90.24658512 61.99145812 53.71703801
Jun-89 111.5806203 56.62313189 94.35880944 107.2770591 95.91417722 90.18562499 90.18562499 64.32330639 54.31114382
Jul-89 107.444213 53.61031815 95.88594633 106.6103893 95.70317766 90.21309199 90.21309199 63.27062194 54.14967338
Aug-89 107.6581255 54.74611033 95.5810334 107.7802165 95.7548858 90.3576321 90.3576321 63.62309389 53.21428885
Sep-89 108.0709029 55.06661821 97.43963722 112.4050869 95.89454922 90.95086696 90.95086696 63.46095859 53.61658684
Oct-89 115.2070235 55.0867893 94.64693976 113.216665 95.76155438 90.31907598 90.31907598 64.11734497 53.35203974
Nov-89 109.3729965 54.95327642 95.35303331 114.1495566 95.95331741 90.65706607 90.65706607 64.9011931 53.30500384
Dec-89 107.4819579 55.60866927 94.79701641 112.3198482 96.30979271 96.92162564 96.92162564 65.63250707 52.10681356
Jan-90 100.9484349 55.78897673 96.04308496 110.4570493 97.36 88.21020644 88.21020644 66.09430704 52.18727906
Feb-90 112.9746788 56.87524878 96.24983673 112.732183 96.6 84.94328004 84.94328004 66.34769669 51.80540974
Mar-90 116.5749942 58.20956605 98.07584098 121.7823554 97.5 88.26564156 88.26564156 66.86539745 53.09456517
Apr-90 114.607851 58.0634462 92.04201171 116.3438694 97.47 91.53883268 91.53883268 65.79925472 52.95272638
May-90 112.8317423 58.32438887 93.62701679 113.252859 97.04 92.09856188 92.09856188 65.57836347 52.16216274
Jun-90 113.4060462 58.45960629 92.94877309 113.0269988 95.92 92.29081662 92.29081662 66.43035663 52.66348497
Jul-90 116.5736313 58.21400031 88.94973827 114.4112644 96.37 91.38065057 91.38065057 66.36985936 52.74645324
Aug-90 115.3625168 59.98970519 89.91042411 108.552969 94.16 92.78330628 92.78330628 67.06382269 54.06157219
Sep-90 112.882628 58.82330816 91.16568305 115.4164706 94.43 91.75315598 91.75315598 66.92629545 54.70669673
Oct-90 110.8185401 59.65909487 93.02323466 117.506437 93.65 91.08419034 91.08419034 66.97978995 53.70313167
Nov-90 110.2037086 58.88455374 92.21723336 117.7338291 92.38 88.7816602 88.7816602 66.28659336 54.5247572
Dec-90 104.4919437 56.0402393 92.17152898 118.5598376 90.78 88.85911789 88.85911789 68.56404396 54.32508833
Jan-91 100.9531167 58.40573839 91.19948191 118.8232555 91.53 91.36921254 91.36921254 65.5264517 54.60597304
Feb-91 102.2592431 58.26080733 92.70735661 120.319996 92.77 85.22475112 85.22475112 59.84082208 56.1197093
Mar-91 103.1759231 57.38794145 93.10125061 118.8175266 90.87 88.59421153 88.59421153 59.63657828 52.50355434
Apr-91 100.7910683 58.4455213 91.52089351 109.0483291 88.58 87.82489573 87.82489573 65.84790695 51.93098108
May-91 102.6554599 58.55824675 91.28514587 118.896423 89.36 88.99751172 88.99751172 66.4040726 50.6880845
Jun-91 102.2447321 58.99009704 91.84301723 120.7906934 92.23 89.58451041 89.58451041 65.52141854 51.60257315
Jul-91 110.7113788 61.39552571 90.92158043 119.6330415 92.78 91.88893276 91.88893276 65.83445272 52.39599019
Aug-91 108.4729255 62.72435403 91.81107187 119.1571873 93.2 91.19186833 91.19186833 66.23214376 52.72399575
Sep-91 111.6201959 63.21750245 91.64064907 117.0414646 93.88 91.18294454 91.18294454 67.27088406 52.3511255
Oct-91 105.1646413 63.31236275 90.10128576 114.8908346 92.6 92.69622042 92.69622042 66.75850087 52.71371577
Nov-91 103.0410514 63.23645136 90.36703489 112.4456343 91.97 92.5016231 92.5016231 66.80351726 50.98659405
Dec-91 104.5703085 61.41507412 89.80375469 116.2148791