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Table 1. Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation for Metropolitan Area of Origin: 2007

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Table 1. Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation for Metropolitan Area of Origin: 2007

Estimates are based on data from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive.

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Mode of transportation Value Tons Ton-miles2 Average miles
per shipment
Value Tons Ton-miles Average miles per shipment CV
2007
(million $)
Percent of total 2007
(thousands)
Percent of total 2007
(millions)
Percent of
total
CV3 Standard Error of % CV Standard Error of % CV Standard Error of %
All modes 239,881 100 121,063 100 29,529 100 383 9.9 - 8.2 - 11 - 10.7
Single modes 200,327 83.5 113,203 93.5 24,038 81.4 166 10.7 1.2 8.3 1.4 9.9 2.3 11
Truck4 166,839 69.6 97,546 80.6 18,242 61.8 157 9.9 2.8 5.5 3.8 10 4.2 9.4
For-hire truck 90,749 37.8 50,266 41.5 14,289 48.4 505 13.8 2.6 10.8 3.3 10.6 3.3 8.7
Private truck 76,090 31.7 47,280 39.1 3,953 13.4 52 11.6 3.3 8.4 4.3 14.4 1.9 7.7
Rail 29,256 12.2 9,260 7.6 5,564 18.8 920 24.4 2.4 18.1 1.7 21.8 3.2 15.7
Water S S S S S S 9 S S S S S S -
Great Lakes S S S S S S 9 S S S S S S -
Air (incl truck and air) 773 0.3 20 - 20 0.1 1,052 43.8 0.1 40.5 - 40.5 - 8.4
Pipeline5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Multiple modes 36,455 15.2 5,532 4.6 4,327 14.7 721 11 1.2 25.2 0.9 20.2 1.6 7.4
Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier 16,692 7 385 0.3 277 0.9 707 12.5 1.3 15.2 0.1 23.3 0.2 7.6
Truck and rail 19,529 8.1 5,093 4.2 3,829 13 1,496 19.5 1.1 26.5 0.9 21 1.5 11.2
Truck and water 145 0.1 33 - 108 0.4 3,852 38.4 - 35 - 33.2 0.1 27.2
Rail and water 79 - 12 - 90 0.3 8,127 31.4 0.1 29.9 - 13 0.8 17.6
Other multiple modes S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Other and unknown modes 3,099 1.3 2,328 1.9 1,164 3.9 S 16.2 0.4 34.5 0.8 49.2 1.6 S

KEY: S = Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality. - = Zero or Less than half the unit shown; thus, it has been rounded to zero.

1 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) geographic areas were drawn from a subset of Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MeSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). However, CFS metropolitan areas are divided into their state parts when they include more than one state. In addition, the CFS also utilizes a unique geography referred to as, "remainder of state," to represent those areas of a state not contained within a separately published metropolitan area for the CFS (as opposed to not part of any Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as defined by OMB). Because of the differences in the CFS geography, as compared to OMB defined geography, caution should be exercised when comparing CFS estimates to other estimates of similar geography.
2 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
3 Coefficient of Variation.
4 "Truck" as a single mode includes any shipment that was made by private truck only, by for-hire truck only, or by a combination of private and for-hire truck.
5 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.

NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. Estimated measures of sampling variability for each estimate known as coefficients of variation (CV) are also provided in these tables. More information on sampling error, confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions may be found at http://www.bts.gov/publications/commodity_flow_survey/.
Rows are not shown if all cells for that particular row have no value. For example, Honolulu, HI by Rail has no data for any shipment characteristic therefore the entire row is not shown.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2009.