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Table 2-5
Modal Shares of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments: 1993 and 1997
| Truck (for-hire, private, both) |
71.2 |
69.4 |
53.1 |
58.3 |
24.4 |
27.9 |
| Rail (includes truck and rail) |
5.3 |
4.8 |
13.2 |
11.2 |
27.5 |
26.7 |
| Water |
2.9 |
2.5 |
12.2 |
11.1 |
23.2 |
20.4 |
| Pipeline |
5.0 |
4.2 |
15.5 |
13.7 |
18.0 |
17.6 |
| Parcel, postal, courier services |
9.1 |
10.9 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Air (includes truck and air) |
2.2 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| Other and unknown modes |
4.2 |
5.6 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
6.8 |
| Total (domestic plus export shipments) |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey: United States, TC92-CF-52 (Washington, DC: 1995).
____. 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary, EC97TCF-US(P) (Washington, DC: 1999).
Estimates for crude petroleum shipments by pipelines prepared for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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