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Table 1-58: Freight Activity in the United States: 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2007

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 1-58: Freight Activity in the United States: 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2007

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Mode of transportation Value (billion $) Tons (millions) Ton-milesc (billions)
1993 1997 2002 (R) 2007 Percent change (1997-2007)d 1993 1997 2002 (R) 2007 Percent change (1997-2007)d 1993 1997 2002 (R) 2007 Percent change (1997-2007)d
TOTAL all modes 5,846 6,944 8,397 11,685 68.3 9,688 11,090 11,668 12,543 13.1 2,421 2,661 3,138 3,345 25.7
Single modes, total 4,941 5,720 7,049 9,539 66.8 8,922 10,437 11,087 11,698 12.1 2,137 2,383 2,868 2,894 21.4
Trucka 4,403 4,982 6,235 8,336 67.3 6,386 7,701 7,843 8,779 14.0 870 1,024 1,256 1,342 31.1
For-hire truck 2,625 2,901 3,757 4,956 70.8 2,808 3,403 3,657 4,075 19.8 629 741 960 1,056 42.4
Private truck 1,756 2,037 2,445 3,380 66.0 3,544 4,137 4,150 4,704 13.7 236 269 291 286 6.7
Rail 247 320 311 436 36.5 1,544 1,550 1,874 1,861 20.1 943 1,023 1,262 1,344 31.4
Water 62 76 89 115 51.5 505 563 681 404 -28.4 272 262 283 157 -39.9
Shallow draft 41 54 57 91 68.8 362 415 459 343 -17.2 164 189 212 117 -37.9
Great Lakes S 2 1 S U 33 38 38 18 -53.7 12 13 14 7 -48.7
Deep draft 20 20 31 23 12.8 110 110 185 43 -61.4 95 59 57 33 -44.2
Air (includes truck and air) 139 229 265 252 10.1 3 4 4 4 -19.3 4 6 6 5 -27.6
Pipelineb 90 113 149 400 252.1 484 618 685 651 5.3 S S S S S
Multiple modes, total 663 946 1,079 1,867 97.4 226 217 217 574 164.8 191 205 226 417 103.7
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service or courier 563 856 988 1,562 82.5 19 24 26 34 43.1 13 18 19 28 55.4
Truck and rail 83 76 70 187 147.4 41 54 43 226 315.9 38 56 46 197 254.2
Truck and water 9 8 14 58 608.5 68 33 23 146 338.1 41 35 32 98 183.0
Rail and water 4 2 3 14 684.4 79 79 105 55 -30.8 70 78 115 47 -39.3
Other multiple modes 3 4 4 45 961.6 19 26 20 114 333.7 S 19 14 46 149.4
Other / unknown modes, total 242 279 269 279 0.2 541 437 365 272 -37.8 93 73 44 34 -54.0

KEY: R = revised; S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons; U = data are unavailable.

a Truck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both.
b 1993 and 1997 data exclude most shipments of crude oil. 2002 and 2007 data exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
c Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
d Percent change has been revised in conjuction with 2007 data.

NOTES
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. Coverage for the 2002 and 2007 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) differs from the previous surveys due to a change from the 1997 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and other survey improvements. The 2007 estimates are derived using an improved methodology of estimation.

SOURCES
1993 and 1997: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: United States (Washington, DC: December 1999), table 1b.
2002: U.S Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: United States (Washington, DC: December 2004), table 1a.
2007: U.S Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2007 Commodity Flow Survey: United States, Final Release (Washington, DC: December 2009), table 1, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/commodity_flow_survey/ as of December 28, 2009.