Table 1 - Commercial Freight Activity in the United States by Mode of Transportation: 2002
Table 1 - Commercial Freight Activity in the United States by Mode of Transportation: 2002
(Based on composite estimates) (1)
| Transportation mode | Modal estimates | Relative shares (percent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value (billion $) |
Tons (million) |
Ton—miles (billion) |
Value | Tons | Ton-miles | |
| All Modes (1) | 13,052 | 19,487 | 4,409 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 11,599 | 18,894 | 4,073 | 88.9 | 97.0 | 92.4 |
| Truck (2) | 9,075 | 11,712 | 1,515 | 69.5 | 60.1 | 34.4 |
| Rail | 392 | 1,979 | 1,372 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 31.1 |
| Water | 673 | 1,668 | 485 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.0 |
| Air (incl. truck and air) | 563 | 6 | 13 | 4.3 | – | 0.3 |
| Pipeline (3) | 896 | 3,529 | 688 | 6.9 | 18.1 | 15.6 |
| Multiple modes | 1,121 | 229 | 233 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| Parcel, postal, or courier | 1,022 | 27 | 21 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Truck and rail | 77 | 52 | 50 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Other multiple modes (4) | 22 | 150 | 162 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| Unknown modes | 331 | 365 | 103 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
KEY: – Represents measurements less than one-tenth of one percent.
(1) These composite estimates include Commodity Flow Survey
(CFS) data and out-of-scope shipments for sectors that are not included in
the CFS, such as imports, logging, construction, retail, services,
publishing, municipal solid waste, and household and business moves. They
also include estimates of in-scope shipments for sectors that are covered in
CFS, including some sectors that may have been underestimated due to small
sample size, such as exports, intermodal, and petroleum products.
(2) "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.
(3) Estimates
for pipeline include shipments of crude petroleum.
(4) Other multiple modes include combination of truck and water, rail and
water, and other combinations.
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, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, United States Data, December 2004 plus sources for composite estimates listed in box B. The composite estimates were developed through a cooperative effort by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration.