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Table 9
Number of Aircraft, Railcars, Vehicles, and Vessels
Excel |
CSV
| Air carriers |
2,679 |
3,808 |
6,083 |
8,055 |
8,497 |
| General aviation |
131,743 |
211,045 |
R196,800 |
217,533 |
U |
| Passenger carsa |
89,243,557 |
121,600,843 |
133,700,496 |
133,621,420 |
137,633,467 |
| Motorcycles |
2,824,098 |
5,693,940 |
4,259,462 |
4,346,068 |
4,903,056 |
| Other 2-axle, 4-tire vehicles |
14,210,591 |
27,875,934 |
48,274,555 |
79,084,979 |
84,187,636 |
| Trucks |
|
|
|
|
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| Single-unit |
3,681,405 |
4,373,784 |
4,486,981 |
5,926,030 |
5,703,500 |
| Combination |
905,082 |
1,416,869 |
1,708,895 |
2,096,619 |
2,154,174 |
| Busesb |
377,562 |
528,789 |
626,987 |
746,125 |
749,548 |
| Passenger rail: |
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| Amtrak-Cars |
N |
2,128 |
1,863 |
1,894 |
U |
| Locomotives |
N |
419 |
318 |
378 |
U |
| Commuter railcars and locomotives |
N |
4,500 |
4,415 |
P5,073 |
U |
| Transitc |
10,548 |
10,654 |
11,332 |
P12,168 |
U |
| Class I rail: |
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|
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| Freight cars |
1,423,921 |
1,168,114 |
658,902 |
560,154 |
499,860 |
| Locomotives |
27,077 |
28,094 |
18,835 |
20,028 |
19,745 |
| Other freight cars |
360,260 |
542,713 |
553,359 |
820,642 |
814,276 |
| Nonself-propelled vessels d,
e |
19,377 |
31,662 |
31,209 |
33,152 |
U |
| Self-propelled vesselse |
6,455 |
7,126 |
8,236 |
8,202 |
U |
| Oceangoing shipse (1,000 gross tons and over) |
1,579 |
864 |
636 |
R454 |
443 |
| Recreational boatsf |
R5,128,345 |
8,577,857 |
10,996,253 |
12,782,143 |
12,884,166 |
a In July 1997, the USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, reassigned some vehicles from "passenger car" to "other
2-axle, 4-tire."
b Includes municipally-owned transit, commercial,
federal, and school buses.
c Includes light and heavy rail only.
d See glossary.
e U.S.-flag vessels.
f Numbered boats.
Key: N = data do not exist;
P = preliminary;
U = unavailable;
R = revised.
Sources: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002); table 1-9; air carriers 2000-2001-Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts & Figures (Washington DC: 2002/2003), "Active U.S. Air Carrier Fleet"; 2001 Class I rail-Association of American Railroads, Class I Railroad Statistics,
available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/AboutTheIndustry.asp, as of Oct. 2002; oceangoing ships 2000-2001-USDOT, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical & Economic Analysis, personal communication, 2002; recreational boats 2001-U.S.
Coast Guard, personal communication, 2002.
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