Table 1-46bM: U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation)
Table 1-46bM: U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation)
(Millions)
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 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. ton-miles of freight | (R) 4,969,620 | (R) 4,915,544 | (R) 4,665,313 | (R) 4,747,646 | (R) 4,876,494 | (R) 4,838,132 | (R) 4,859,174 | (R) 5,072,668 | (R) 5,251,540 | (R) 5,208,871 | (R) 5,287,736 | (R) 5,308,407 | (R) 5,469,427 | (R) 5,500,046 | (R) 5,759,311 | (R) 5,991,826 | (R) 6,093,814 | (R) 6,101,563 | (R) 6,173,311 | (R) 6,278,087 | (R) 6,319,854 | (R) 6,361,648 | (R) 6,437,017 | (R) 6,445,673 | (R) 6,629,495 | (R) 6,672,534 | (R) 6,760,826 | 6,728,531 |
Air | 7,066 | 7,431 | 7,504 | 8,570 | 9,490 | 9,796 | 10,716 | 12,658 | 13,622 | 14,906 | 15,213 | 14,541 | 16,045 | 16,848 | 17,563 | 18,571 | 20,089 | 20,294 | 20,644 | 21,170 | 23,082 | 19,400 | 20,202 | 22,237 | 24,018 | 22,987 | 22,427 | 22,106 |
Truck | (R) 919,160 | (R) 920,948 | (R) 944,002 | (R) 983,894 | (R) 1,031,882 | (R) 1,046,352 | (R) 1,073,218 | (R) 1,131,184 | (R) 1,169,042 | (R) 1,209,404 | (R) 1,238,995 | (R) 1,266,962 | (R) 1,299,503 | (R) 1,354,607 | (R) 1,442,108 | (R) 1,509,428 | (R) 1,550,171 | (R) 1,621,117 | (R) 1,663,775 | (R) 1,717,218 | (R) 1,741,211 | (R) 1,770,966 | (R) 1,818,164 | (R) 1,846,237 | (R) 1,870,760 | (R) 1,885,273 | (R) 1,885,180 | 1,922,873 |
Railroad | 1,360,694 | 1,349,014 | 1,182,577 | 1,227,836 | 1,314,108 | 1,279,241 | 1,301,177 | 1,389,806 | 1,497,469 | 1,526,588 | 1,554,005 | 1,521,187 | 1,603,603 | 1,657,092 | 1,782,732 | 1,922,797 | (R) 2,010,520 | 2,030,951 | 2,114,554 | 2,195,309 | 2,257,582 | 2,334,980 | 2,344,032 | 2,341,159 | (R) 2,459,187 | (R) 2,530,612 | (R) 2,709,565 | 2,656,613 |
Domestic water transportation | 1,345,853 | 1,356,917 | 1,294,220 | 1,342,541 | 1,296,045 | 1,303,713 | 1,275,141 | 1,307,281 | 1,299,417 | 1,190,680 | 1,216,951 | 1,238,639 | 1,250,733 | 1,152,877 | 1,189,756 | 1,179,260 | 1,116,422 | 1,032,799 | 982,262 | 957,539 | 942,848 | 907,646 | 893,620 | 884,956 | 906,891 | 863,246 | 819,962 | 807,573 |
Coastwise | 921,460 | 926,739 | 923,735 | 948,617 | 867,111 | 892,009 | 848,082 | 856,738 | 819,913 | 706,464 | 699,522 | 733,100 | 733,360 | 654,657 | 668,083 | 642,891 | 595,794 | 510,761 | 459,693 | 427,378 | 414,445 | 400,848 | 384,977 | 407,214 | 408,583 | 384,650 | 331,640 | 332,950 |
Lakewise | 90,149 | 90,734 | 52,009 | 62,907 | 72,683 | 70,347 | 63,068 | 73,111 | 84,912 | 85,128 | 88,956 | 80,793 | 81,443 | 82,398 | 85,062 | 87,166 | 85,167 | 90,761 | 90,013 | 83,284 | 84,502 | 74,245 | 78,332 | 69,406 | 81,369 | 75,808 | 77,532 | 75,762 |
Internal | 331,914 | 337,522 | 316,853 | 329,411 | 354,562 | 339,747 | 362,244 | 375,703 | 392,785 | 397,342 | 426,886 | 423,332 | 434,543 | 414,477 | 434,724 | 447,232 | 433,307 | 429,265 | 430,540 | 444,889 | 441,726 | 430,489 | 428,370 | 406,386 | 414,772 | 400,568 | 408,468 | 396,539 |
Intraport | 2,330 | 1,921 | 1,623 | 1,606 | 1,689 | 1,609 | 1,748 | 1,729 | 1,807 | 1,746 | 1,587 | 1,413 | 1,387 | 1,345 | 1,886 | 1,971 | 2,153 | 2,012 | 2,016 | 1,988 | 2,175 | 2,063 | 1,940 | 1,951 | 2,167 | 2,221 | 2,323 | 2,323 |
Pipeline | 1,336,846 | 1,281,234 | 1,237,010 | 1,184,805 | 1,224,970 | 1,199,030 | 1,198,922 | 1,231,739 | 1,271,990 | 1,267,292 | 1,262,572 | 1,267,078 | 1,299,542 | 1,318,621 | 1,327,152 | 1,361,770 | 1,396,612 | 1,396,402 | 1,392,076 | (R) 1,386,852 | (R) 1,355,130 | (R) 1,328,657 | (R) 1,360,999 | (R) 1,351,084 | 1,368,640 | (R) 1,370,416 | (R) 1,323,692 | 1,319,366 |
Oil and oil products | 858,464 | 823,424 | 826,344 | 811,744 | 829,264 | 823,424 | 843,864 | 857,004 | 877,443 | 852,624 | 852,770 | 844,594 | 859,632 | 865,617 | 863,427 | 877,589 | 904,015 | 900,073 | 904,891 | (R) 901,825 | (R) 842,842 | (R) 841,090 | (R) 855,836 | (R) 861,675 | 875,399 | 886,933 | (R) 848,682 | 814,226 |
Natural Gas | 478,383 | 457,809 | 410,666 | 373,060 | 395,706 | 375,606 | 355,058 | 374,736 | 394,547 | 414,669 | 409,802 | 422,484 | 439,911 | 453,004 | 463,724 | 484,181 | 492,597 | 496,330 | 487,185 | 485,027 | 512,288 | 487,568 | 505,163 | 489,409 | 493,240 | (R) 483,483 | (R) 475,010 | 505,140 |
KEY: R = revised.
NOTES
BTS developed a more comprehensive and reliable estimates of ton-miles for the air, truck, rail, water, and pipeline modes than are presented in table 1-46a. These improved estimates are not comparable to data in table 1-46aM.
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
1.459972 tonne-kilometers = 1 ton mile.
SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), special tabulation.