Table 1 Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2007
Table 1 Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2007
Estimates are based on final data from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive
| Mode of transportation | 2007 Value (million $) |
2007 Tons (thousands) |
2007 Ton-miles (1) (millions) |
2007 Average miles per shipment | Value CV (2) | Tons CV | Ton-miles CV | Average miles per shipment CV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All modes | 11,684,872 | 12,543,425 | 3,344,658 | 619 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| Single modes | 9,539,037 | 11,698,128 | 2,894,251 | 234 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Truck (3) | 8,335,789 | 8,778,713 | 1,342,104 | 206 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| For-hire truck | 4,955,700 | 4,075,136 | 1,055,646 | 599 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| Private truck | 3,380,090 | 4,703,576 | 286,457 | 57 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| Rail | 436,420 | 1,861,307 | 1,344,040 | 728 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 4.6 |
| Water | 114,905 | 403,639 | 157,314 | 520 | 11 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 13.1 |
| Shallow draft | 91,004 | 343,307 | 117,473 | 144 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 13.2 | 40.3 |
| Great Lakes | S | 17,792 | 6,887 | 657 | S | 23.8 | 22.9 | 15.3 |
| Deep draft | 23,058 | 42,540 | 32,954 | 923 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 23.9 | 12 |
| Air (included truck and air) | 252,276 | 3,611 | 4,510 | 1,304 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 2.2 |
| Pipeline (4) | 399,646 | 650,859 | S | S | 6.6 | 6.5 | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 1,866,723 | 573,729 | 416,642 | 975 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 2.3 |
| Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier | 1,561,874 | 33,900 | 27,961 | 975 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Truck and rail | 187,248 | 225,589 | 196,772 | 1,007 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5 | 6.3 |
| Truck and water | 58,389 | 145,521 | 98,396 | 1,429 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 9 |
| Rail and water | 13,892 | 54,878 | 47,111 | 1,928 | 19.2 | 26.9 | 27.6 | 13.1 |
| Other multiple modes | 45,320 | 113,841 | 46,402 | 1,182 | 13.3 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 14 |
| Other and unknown modes | 279,113 | 271,567 | 33,764 | 116 | 7.8 | 14 | 9.2 | 13 |
KEY:
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.
(1) Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
(2) Coefficient of Variation.
(3) "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.
(4) Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
NOTE: 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/cfs.
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.