Table 1-50: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation) (Millions)

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	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	2008	2009	2010	2011
TOTAL U.S. ton-miles of freight	4,172,989	4,132,385	4,010,592	4,112,419	4,227,617	4,221,461	4,280,091	4,459,963	4,606,023	4,577,594	4,655,432	4,676,163	4,805,060	4,858,768	5,089,119	5,288,639	5,394,429	5,444,841	5,463,709	5,482,577	5,501,444	5,520,312	5,539,180	5,579,251	5,619,322	5,659,393	5,699,463	5,739,534	5,998,009	5,468,001	5,689,672	5,899,165
Air	4,528	4,658	4,476	5,055	5,493	5,156	6,356	7,589	8,169	8,954	9,064	8,860	9,820	10,675	11,803	12,520	12,861	13,601	13,840	14,202	14,983	13,069	13,370	15,231	16,451	15,745	15,361	15,141	13,774	12,027	12,541	12,134
Truck	1,266,631	1,269,094	1,300,864	1,355,837	1,421,966	1,441,906	1,478,928	1,558,806	1,610,977	1,666,597	1,707,373	1,745,913	1,790,756	1,866,690	1,987,270	2,080,039	2,136,184	2,233,950	2,273,588	2,297,372	2,326,524	2,362,063	2,427,693	2,478,740	2,427,170	2,453,347	2,405,811	2,495,786	2,752,658	2,449,509	2,512,429	2,643,567
Railroad	932,000	924,000	810,000	841,000	900,091	876,209	891,235	951,940	1,025,683	1,045,628	1,064,408	1,041,929	1,098,379	1,135,016	1,221,073	1,317,010	1,377,095	1,391,089	1,448,352	1,503,665	1,546,319	1,599,332	1,605,532	1,603,564	1,683,895	1,733,324	1,855,897	1,819,626	1,729,734	1,582,092	1,706,505	1,725,634
Domestic water transportation	921,835	929,413	886,469	919,566	887,719	892,971	873,401	895,415	890,029	815,550	833,544	848,399	856,685	789,658	814,919	807,728	764,687	707,410	672,795	655,862	645,799	621,686	612,080	606,146	621,170	591,277	561,629	553,151	520,521	477,122	502,212	499,748
Coastwise	631,149	634,765	632,707	649,750	593,923	610,977	580,889	586,818	561,595	483,889	479,134	502,133	502,311	448,404	457,601	440,345	408,086	349,843	314,864	292,730	283,872	274,559	263,688	278,919	279,857	263,464	227,155	228,052	207,877	196,290	192,348	180,212
Lakewise	61,747	62,148	35,623	43,088	49,784	48,184	43,198	50,077	58,160	58,308	60,930	55,339	55,785	56,438	58,263	59,704	58,335	62,166	61,654	57,045	57,879	50,854	53,653	47,539	55,733	51,924	53,105	51,893	50,263	33,509	45,346	49,079
Internal	227,343	231,184	217,027	225,628	242,855	232,708	248,117	257,336	269,036	272,157	292,393	289,959	297,639	283,894	297,762	306,329	296,791	294,023	294,896	304,724	302,558	294,861	293,410	278,352	284,096	274,367	279,778	271,617	260,960	244,995	263,242	269,192
Intraport	1,596	1,316	1,112	1,100	1,157	1,102	1,197	1,184	1,238	1,196	1,087	968	950	922	1,293	1,350	1,475	1,378	1,381	1,362	1,490	1,413	1,329	1,336	1,484	1,521	1,591	1,589	1,421	2,327	1,277	1,265
Pipeline	1,047,995	1,005,219	1,008,784	990,961	1,012,349	1,005,219	1,030,172	1,046,212	1,071,165	1,040,865	1,041,044	1,031,063	1,049,420	1,056,728	1,054,054	1,071,343	1,103,602	1,098,790	1,055,133	1,011,476	967,819	924,162	880,504	875,570	870,635	865,700	860,766	855,831	981,323	947,252	955,986	1,018,082

NOTE

Data in this table are improved estimates based on the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF). Technical Summary of Updated Methodology is available at https://www.bts.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/legacy/FreightTonMilesMethodology.pdf

SOURCES

Total:

1980-96: Summation of individual modes.

1997-2011: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 3, for 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008, and 2009, available at http://faf.ornl.gov/fafweb/Extraction0.aspx.

Air:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Statistics - Green Book, (Washington, DC, December issues), p. 3, line 3.

Rail:

Estimates come from the Association of American Railroads using ton mile values from the Surface Transportation Board’s Waybill Sample. The Waybill Sample represents all major U.S. railroads, including all Class I railroads and several short-line railroads.

Truck:

1980-96: 1997 Truck value, adjusted using U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), Table VM-1, Vehicle Miles Traveled, Total Rural and Urban, for Single-Unit 2 Axle 6-Tire or more and Combination Trucks.

1997-2011: Difference between total of all modes, and sum of other modes.

Pipeline:

1980-96: 1997 Pipeline value, adjusted using Association of Petroleum Pipelines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 1, available at http://www.aopl.org/publications/?fa=reports as of Oct. 22, 2013.

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Table 1-50: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation) (Millions)