Table 1-56: U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Transportation Mode, 2007
Table 1-56: U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Transportation Mode, 2007
| Transportation mode | Value | Tons | Ton-miles | Average miles per shipment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ($ billion) | Percent | (millions) | Percent | (billions) | Percent | ||
| TOTAL all modes | 1,448.2 | 100.0 | 2,231.1 | 100.0 | 323.5 | 100.0 | 96 |
| Single modes, total | 1,370.6 | 94.6 | 2,111.6 | 94.6 | 279.1 | 86.3 | 65 |
| Trucka | 837.1 | 57.8 | 1,202.8 | 53.9 | 104.0 | 32.2 | 59 |
| For-hire | 358.8 | 24.8 | 495.1 | 22.2 | 63.3 | 19.6 | 214 |
| Privateb | 478.3 | 33.0 | 707.7 | 31.7 | 40.7 | 12.6 | 32 |
| Rail | 69.2 | 4.8 | 129.7 | 5.8 | 92.2 | 28.5 | 578 |
| Water | 69.2 | 4.8 | 149.8 | 6.7 | 37.1 | 11.5 | 383 |
| Air | 1.7 | 0.1 | S | − | S | − | 1,095 |
| Pipelinec | 393.4 | 27.2 | 628.9 | 28.2 | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes, total | 71.1 | 4.9 | 111.0 | 5.0 | 42.9 | 13.3 | 834 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service or Courier | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | 836 |
| Other | 63.4 | 4.4 | 110.8 | 5.0 | 42.7 | 13.2 | 233 |
| Unknown and other modes, total | 6.5 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 58 |
KEY: - = less than 1 unit of measure or equal to zero; S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons.
a Truck 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. See previous table for the estimated amount of crude oil and petroleum products transported in the United States.
NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2007 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials (Washington, DC: December 2009), table CF0700H01, available at http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-ds_name=CF0700H01&-_lang=en as of Mar. 9, 2010.