Table 1-48: Growth of Freight Activity in the United States: Comparison of the 1997 and 1993 Commodity Flow Surveys
Table 1-48: Growth of Freight Activity in the United States: Comparison of the 1997 and 1993 Commodity Flow Surveys
| Mode of transportation | Value | Tons | Ton-miles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 (billion $ 1997) | 1993 (billion $ 1997) | Percent change | 1997 (millions) | 1993 (millions) | Percent change | 1997 (billions) | 1993 (billions) | Percent change | |
| All modes | 6,944.0 | 6,360.8 | 9.2 | 11,089.7 | 9,688.5 | 14.5 | 2,661.4 | 2,420.9 | 9.9 |
| Single modes | 5,719.6 | 5,376.3 | 6.4 | 10,436.5 | 8,922.3 | 17.0 | 2,383.5 | 2,136.9 | 11.5 |
| Trucka | 4,981.5 | 4,791.0 | 4.0 | 7,700.7 | 6,385.9 | 20.6 | 1,023.5 | 869.5 | 17.7 |
| For-hire truck | 2,901.3 | 2,856.1 | 1.6 | 3,402.6 | 2,808.3 | 21.2 | 741.1 | 629.0 | 17.8 |
| Private truckb | 2,036.5 | 1,910.4 | 6.6 | 4,137.3 | 3,543.5 | 16.8 | 268.6 | 235.9 | 13.9 |
| Rail | 319.6 | 269.2 | 18.7 | 1,549.8 | 1,544.1 | 0.4 | 1,022.5 | 942.6 | 8.5 |
| Water | 75.8 | 67.1 | 13.1 | 563.4 | 505.4 | 11.5 | 261.7 | 272.0 | -3.8 |
| Shallow draft | 53.9 | 44.3 | 21.7 | 414.8 | 362.5 | 14.4 | 189.3 | 164.4 | 15.2 |
| Great Lakes | 1.5 | 1.3 | 15.4 | 38.4 | 33.0 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 8.2 |
| Deep draft | 20.4 | 21.5 | -4.9 | 110.2 | 109.9 | 0.2 | 59.0 | 95.2 | -38.0 |
| Air (includes truck and air) | 229.1 | 151.3 | 51.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 42.6 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 55.5 |
| Pipelinec | 113.5 | 97.8 | 16.1 | 618.2 | 483.6 | 27.8 | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 945.9 | 720.9 | 31.2 | 216.7 | 225.7 | -4.0 | 204.5 | 191.5 | 6.8 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service or courier | 855.9 | 612.8 | 39.7 | 23.7 | 18.9 | 25.4 | 18.0 | 13.2 | 36.8 |
| Truck and rail | 75.7 | 90.4 | -16.3 | 54.2 | 40.6 | 33.5 | 55.6 | 37.7 | 47.5 |
| Truck and water | 8.2 | 10.2 | -19.4 | 33.2 | 68.0 | -51.2 | 34.8 | 40.6 | -14.4 |
| Rail and water | 1.8 | 4.0 | -55.2 | 79.3 | 79.2 | 0.1 | 77.6 | 70.2 | 10.5 |
| Other multiple modes | 4.3 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 26.2 | 18.9 | 38.6 | 18.6 | S | S |
| Other/unknown modes | 278.6 | 263.6 | 5.7 | 436.5 | 540.5 | -19.2 | 73.4 | 92.6 | -20.7 |
KEY: S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons.
aTruck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both.
b Private truck refers to a truck operated by a temporary or permanent employee of an establishment or the buyer/receiver of the shipment.
c Excludes most shipments of crude oil.
NOTE: Numbers and percents may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau 1997 Economic Census, Transportation, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (Washington, DC: December 1999), table 1b; the Bureau of Transportation Statistics converted the value of 1993 commodities from 1993 current dollars to 1997 constant dollars using Bureau of Economic Analysis' chain-type price deflators.