Table 1a. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation: 2002
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Table 1a. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation: 2002
[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]
| Mode of transportation | Value | Tons | Ton-miles | Average miles per shipment |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002
(million $) |
Percent | 2002 (thousands) |
Percent | 2002 (millions) |
Percent | ||
| All modes | 660,181 | 100.0 | 2,191,519 | 100.0 | 326,727 | 100.0 | 136 |
| Single modes | 644,489 | 97.6 | 2,158,533 | 98.5 | 311,897 | 95.5 | 105 |
| Truck 1 | 419,630 | 63.6 | 1,159,514 | 52.9 | 110,163 | 33.7 | 86 |
| For-hire truck | 189,803 | 28.8 | 449,503 | 20.5 | 65,112 | 19.9 | 285 |
| Private truck | 226,660 | 34.3 | 702,186 | 32.0 | 44,087 | 13.5 | 38 |
| Rail | 31,339 | 4.7 | 109,369 | 5.0 | 72,087 | 22.1 | 695 |
| Water | 46,856 | 7.1 | 228,197 | 10.4 | 70,649 | 21.6 | S |
| Air (includes truck and air) | 1,643 | 0.2 | 64 | – | 85 | – | 2,080 |
| Pipeline 2 | 145,021 | 22.0 | 661,390 | 30.2 | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 9,631 | 1.5 | 18,745 | 0.9 | 12,488 | 3.8 | 849 |
| Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier | 4,268 | 0.6 | 245 | – | 119 | – | 837 |
| Other multiple modes | 5,363 | 0.8 | 18,500 | 0.8 | 12,369 | 3.8 | 1,371 |
| Other and unknown modes | 6,061 | 0.9 | 14,241 | 0.6 | 2,342 | 0.7 | 57 |
KEY:
– Represents and estimate equal to zero or less than 1 unit of
measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards b ecause of highly sampling
variability or poor response quality.
1 "Truck" as a single mode includes shipments that were made by only private truck, only for-hire truck, or a combination of private and for-hire truck.
2 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazmat Data, December 2004.