Table 1-46a: U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight
Table 1-46a: U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight
(Millions)
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
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TOTAL U.S. tonne-kilometers of freight (millions) | U | 2,706,838 | 3,221,739 | 3,335,607 | 4,363,158 | 4,306,056 | 4,839,335 | 4,888,912 | 4,990,309 | 5,020,175 | 5,277,541 | 5,502,687 | 5,582,528 | 5,555,831 | 5,594,959 | 5,704,438 | 5,704,172 | 5,738,487 | 5,802,182 | 5,879,329 | U | U | U | U |
Air carrier, domestic, all servicesa | 807 | 1,975 | 3,955 | 5,066 | 6,611 | 7,528 | 13,233 | 12,935 | 14,337 | 15,585 | 17,232 | 18,279 | 18,777 | 19,857 | 20,206 | 20,735 | 21,874 | 19,400 | 20,267 | 22,236 | 24,019 | (R) 22,982 | (R) 22,427 | 22,105 |
Intercity truckb | 416,092 | 524,130 | 601,508 | 662,827 | 810,284 | 890,583 | 1,246,816 | 1,276,016 | 1,308,135 | 1,366,534 | 1,454,132 | 1,521,291 | 1,563,630 | 1,633,709 | 1,677,508 | 1,731,527 | 1,756,346 | 1,787,006 | 1,832,265 | 1,845,405 | U | U | U | U |
Class I rail | 835,555 | 1,018,882 | 1,116,600 | 1,101,187 | 1,341,653 | 1,280,372 | 1,509,566 | 1,516,728 | 1,557,470 | 1,619,560 | 1,752,990 | 1,906,268 | 1,979,686 | 1,969,394 | 2,010,092 | 2,092,813 | 2,140,261 | 2,183,347 | 2,200,194 | 2,265,056 | 2,427,347 | 2,476,733 | 2,586,920 | 2,584,946 |
Domestic water transportationc,d | U | 715,099 | 870,428 | 826,321 | 1,345,855 | 1,303,711 | 1,216,951 | 1,238,639 | 1,250,736 | 1,152,878 | 1,189,759 | 1,179,260 | 1,116,421 | 1,032,799 | 982,262 | 957,539 | 942,849 | 907,644 | 893,620 | 884,957 | 906,891 | 863,248 | 819,962 | 807,585 |
Coastwise | U | 441,708 | 525,275 | 461,126 | 921,460 | 892,009 | 699,522 | 733,100 | 733,360 | 654,658 | 668,084 | 642,892 | 595,794 | 510,761 | 459,692 | 427,378 | 414,445 | 400,848 | 384,977 | 407,213 | 408,584 | 384,650 | 331,640 | 332,950 |
Lakewise | U | 110,838 | 115,946 | 100,033 | 90,149 | 70,347 | 88,956 | 80,794 | 81,444 | 82,398 | 85,063 | 87,166 | 85,168 | 90,760 | 90,014 | 83,284 | 84,502 | 74,245 | 78,332 | 69,406 | 81,369 | 75,808 | 77,532 | 75,762 |
Internal | U | 160,161 | 227,487 | 263,378 | 331,914 | 339,746 | 426,886 | 423,332 | 434,544 | 414,477 | 434,725 | 447,232 | 433,306 | 429,265 | 430,540 | 444,889 | 441,727 | 430,489 | 428,371 | 406,387 | 414,772 | 400,568 | 408,468 | 396,554 |
Intraport | U | 2,392 | 1,721 | 1,785 | 2,331 | 1,609 | 1,587 | 1,413 | 1,387 | 1,346 | 1,887 | 1,970 | 2,153 | 2,012 | 2,016 | 1,989 | 2,176 | 2,063 | 1,940 | 1,950 | 2,167 | 2,221 | 2,323 | 2,320 |
Oil pipelined | 334,334 | 446,751 | 629,248 | 740,206 | 858,756 | 823,862 | 852,770 | 844,594 | 859,632 | 865,617 | 863,427 | 877,589 | 904,015 | 900,073 | 904,891 | 901,825 | 842,842 | 841,090 | 855,836 | 861,675 | 875,399 | 886,933 | 848,682 | 814,226 |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Includes freight, express, and mail revenue ton-miles as reported on U.S. DOT Form 41.
b Methodology was changed in 1990 for intercity trucks. Therefore figures prior to 1990 are not comparable to those after 1990.
c Excludes intraterritorial traffic, for which ton-miles were not compiled.
d The large increase between1975 and 1980 was a result of a new Alaska pipeline and consequent water transportation of crude petroleum from Alaskan ports to the mainland United States for refining.
NOTE
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
1.459972 tonne-kilometers= 1 ton-mile
SOURCES
Air carrier, domestic, all services:
1960-65: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970).
1970-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 2, line 3.
1985-2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 3, line 3.
Intercity truck:
1960-2003: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 40.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), p. 27.
Domestic water transportation:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the U.S. (New Orleans, LA: Annual Issues), part 5, section 1, table 1-4, and similar tables in earlier editions available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of September 2, 2009.
Oil pipeline:
1960-70: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 44.
1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), table 4.
1980-2007: Ibid., Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 1.