BTS | Table 3-1: Shipments by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2002

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Table 3-1: Shipments by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2002

(Commodity Flow Survey data)

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	Value		Tons		Ton-miles³		Average miles per shipment
	Number ($ millions)	Percent	Number (thousands)	Percent	Number (millions)	Percent	Average miles per shipment
All modes	8,483,123	100.0	11,572,780	100.0	3,204,410	100.0	589
Single modes	7,052,924	83.1	10,878,148	94.0	2,913,015	90.9	285
Truck¹	6,200,469	73.1	7,622,257	65.9	1,311,085	40.9	199
For-hire	3,838,514	45.2	3,665,982	31.7	1,001,463	31.3	577
Private truck	2,340,328	27.6	3,920,474	33.9	302,026	9.4	70
Rail	320,469	3.8	1,816,528	15.7	1,199,407	37.4	911
Water	90,895	1.1	713,884	6.2	323,085	10.1	577
Shallow draft	56,480	0.7	499,699	4.3	236,619	7.4	423
Great Lakes	787	Z	39,485	0.3	19,544	0.6	391
Deep draft	33,628	0.4	174,700	1.5	66,922	2.1	683
Air (including truck and air)	279,489	3.3	3,891	Z	5,560	0.2	1,819
Pipeline²	161,601	1.9	721,588	6.2	S	S	S
Multiple modes	1,110,975	13.1	198,454	1.7	214,833	6.7	911
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier	1,022,033	12.0	26,447	0.2	20,536	0.6	910
Truck and rail	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Truck and water	17,053	0.2	31,814	0.3	59,147	1.8	1,946
Rail and water	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Other multiple modes	5,528	Z	28,047	0.2	19,600	0.6	173
Other and unknown modes	319,224	3.8	496,178	4.3	76,563	2.4	153

¹ "Truck" as a single mode includes shipments that were made by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of private and for-hire truck.

² Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.

³ Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.

KEY: S = withheld due to high sampling variability or poor response quality; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.

NOTES: The data presented in these tables exclude shipments from the following establishments classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as: farms, forestry, logging, fisheries, construction, publishing, and crude petroleum production; households; governments; and most retail and service businesses. Also excluded are most imports and commodities shipped from a foreign location to another foreign destination that pass through the United States. Estimates are preliminary and may be revised.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary Report, Washington, DC: December 2003.