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