BTS | Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002

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Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002

(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only)

(Percent)

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	Under 250 miles	250 miles or more
Value 93	55.3	44.7
Value 02	54.6	45.3
Tons 93	78.8	21.2
Tons 02	76.9	23.1
Ton-miles 93	20.2	79.8
Ton-miles 02	18.1	81.8

NOTE: Shipments are grouped into distance categories based on Great Circle Distance (GCD), GCD is the shortest distance between 2 points on the surface of a sphere.
Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the 1993 and 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, December 2004.