Table 1-49M: U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight
Table 1-49M: 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 | 2008 | 2009 | |
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TOTAL U.S. tonne-kilometers of freight (millions) | U | (R) 1,735,956 | (R) 1,990,983 | (R) 2,672,780 | (R) 3,552,874 | (R) 3,415,473 | 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 | (R) 5,740,348 | (R) 5,802,335 | (R) 5,879,297 | U | U | 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 | (R) 21,261 | (R) 20,420 | (R) 22,205 | (R) 24,018 | (R) 22,937 | (R) 22,343 | (R) 22,006 | (R) 20,068 | 17,559 |
Intercity truck | U | U | U | U | U | U | 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 | 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 | 2,594,715 | 2,236,990 |
Domestic water transportationb,c | 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 | 759,945 | 696,584 |
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 | 303,495 | 286,578 |
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 | 73,383 | 48,923 |
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 | 380,994 | 357,685 |
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 | 2,074 | 3,398 |
Oil pipelinec | U | U | U | 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 | (R) 919,636 | U |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
a Includes freight, express, and mail revenue ton-miles as reported on U.S. DOT Form 41.
b Excludes intraterritorial traffic, for which ton-miles were not compiled.
c 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.
NOTES
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Eno Transportation Foundation has discontinued its intercity truck data for years prior to 1990.
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.
1985-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 3, line 3.
2001-2009: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology, Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TranStats table, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=254 as of Jun. 21, 2011.
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 Mar. 30, 2011.
Oil pipeline:
1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), table 4.
1980-2008: Ibid., Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 1.