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TABLE 1-9b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode:
1992–2002
Billions
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| Air |
11.0 |
11.5 |
12.0 |
12.7 |
13.8 |
13.9 |
14.1 |
14.5 |
15.8 |
13.3 |
13.6 |
| Truck |
896.4 |
935.6 |
995.7 |
1,041.7 |
1,071.0 |
1,119.2 |
1,148.7 |
1,186.0 |
1,203.1 |
1,223.6 |
1,255.4 |
| Railroad |
1,098.4 |
1,135.0 |
1,221.1 |
1,317.0 |
1,377.1 |
1,391.1 |
1,448.4 |
1,503.7 |
1,546.3 |
1,599.3 |
1,605.5 |
| Water |
856.7 |
789.7 |
814.9 |
807.7 |
764.7 |
707.4 |
672.8 |
655.9 |
645.8 |
621.7 |
612.1 |
| Oil and natural gas pipeline |
844.0 |
855.7 |
860.4 |
882.0 |
905.0 |
904.4 |
902.4 |
899.4 |
874.2 |
858.8 |
879.2 |
| Total |
3,706.4 |
3,727.5 |
3,904.2 |
4,061.1 |
4,131.5 |
4,136.0 |
4,186.4 |
4,259.3 |
4,285.2 |
4,316.7 |
4,365.8 |
NOTE: Data may not add
to total because of independent rounding.
SOURCES: U.S.
Department of Transportation (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), calculations using
data from various sources as follows: Air—USDOT, BTS, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics Monthly (Washington, DC:1990-2002 issues), p. 2, line 3, Freight, Express, and Mail
Revenue Ton-Miles; and USDOT, Federal Aviation Administration supplementary
statistics. Truck—USDOT, BTS, Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC:
2001), p. 124, table 2; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne
Commerce Statistics Center, U.S. Waterborne
Container Traffic by Port; USDOT, BTS,
Border Crossing/Entry Data, U.S.-Canada, tables 1a, b, and c; U.S.-Mexico,
table 1; USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2002
(Washington, DC: 2003), table
VM-1.
Rail—Surface Transportation Board,
Carload Waybill Sample, 1990-2002; Transport Canada, Transportation
in Canada, Addendum (Ottawa, Ontario: 1990-2002 issues), table A6-10; Association of American
Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC:
1991-2002
issues), p. 36. Water—U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce
of the United States (Washington, DC: 2002), part V, section 1, table 1-4, Total
Waterborne Commerce. Oil pipeline—Association of Oil Pipelines, Shifts
in Petroleum Transportation (Washington,
DC: 2002), table 1. Natural gas
pipeline—U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),
Energy Information Administration (EIA), Annual
Energy Review 2002 (Washington, DC: 2003), table 6.5; and DOE, EIA, International Energy Annual 2001 (Washington, DC:
2003), table C-1.
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