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Figure 2: North American Freight on Major Modes, 2016

Thursday, March 2, 2017

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(billions of current dollars)

Mode 2016
Truck 700
Rail 166
Pipeline 50
Air 42
Vessel 58

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, https://transborder.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/TBDR_QA.html as of February 2017.