Table 5-1 Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
Table 5-1
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Millions of U.S. short tons)
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Total | 687.1 | 784.6 | 809.8 | 419.0 | 473.2 | 490.8 | 6,701.3 | 7,784.5 | 8,069.7 |
| Air | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 10.7 |
| Water transport | 66.6 | 55.7 | 53.8 | 33.7 | 35.1 | 34.8 | 1,117.8 | 1,086.2 | 1,093.3 |
| Coastal shipping | 28.9 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 33.7 | 35.1 | 34.8 | 298.6 | 266.6 | 267.4 |
| Great Lakes | 11.7 | 8.5 | 9.7 | NA | NA | NA | 110.2 | 116.1 | 114.9 |
| Inland waterwaysa | 26.0 | 22.3 | 20.8 | NA | NA | NA | 709.0 | 703.4 | 711.1 |
| Pipeline | 244.1 | 320.3 | 334.6 | U | U | U | 1,561.1 | 1,710.3 | 1,776.7 |
| Crude oil and petroleum products | 160.7 | 192.4 | 202.2 | U | U | U | 1,057.0 | 1,121.0 | 1,177.0 |
| Natural gas | 83.3 | 128.0 | 132.4 | U | U | U | 504.1 | 589.3 | 599.7 |
| Rail | 211.4 | 224.8 | 220.5 | 38.3 | 33.8 | 33.3 | 1,424.9 | 1,549.6 | 1,610.9 |
| Road | 164.6 | 184.4 | 200.5 | 346.9 | 404.2 | 422.5 | 2,589.0 | 3,429.0 | 3,578.0 |
KEY: NA = Not applicable. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Canada
Road: Includes only activity of Canadian domiciled for-hire carriers with annual intercity revenues greater than or equal to 1 millionCanadian dollars; excludes local (less than 24 kilometers) deliveries and deliveries made by private trucks and small for-hire carriers.
Pipeline: Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
Mexico
Total: Does not include data for pipelines because the data are unavailable.
Road: Includes only intercity truck activity on the Mexican federal highway system.
United States
Road: Data are for intercity for-hire and private truck only.
Pipeline: Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
SOURCES
Canada
Air: Statistics Canada. Canadian Civil Aviation, Catalogue No. 51-206-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Coastal shipping, Great Lakes and inland waterways and rail: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate based on StatisticsCanada data. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Pipeline: Statistics Canada. Oil Pipeline Transport, Catalogue No. 55-201-XPB, and Gas Utilities Transport and Distribution Systems,
Catalogue No. 57-205-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Rail: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate, based on Statistics Canada data. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Road: Statistics Canada. Trucking in Canada, Catalogue No. 53-222-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Mexico
Air: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. La Aviación Mexicana en Cifras 1990-1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
Water transport: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. Los PuertosMexicanos en Cifras 1990-1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1997).
Rail: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Based on data from Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Series Estadísticas 1990, 1995 y 1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Road: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Autotransporte Federal. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
United States
Air: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Office of Airline Information. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics.(Washington, DC: various years).
Coastal shipping, Great Lakes and inland waterways: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Waterborne Commerce of the U.S., Part 5. (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues).
Pipeline, crude oil and petroleum products: Association of Oil Pipe Lines. Shifts in Petroleum Transportation. (Washington, DC: various years).
Pipeline, natural gas: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Special tabulation based on Departmentof Energy data. (Washington, DC: 1999).
Rail: Association of American Railroads. Railroad Facts, 1997. (Washington, DC: 1997).
Road: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc. Transportation in America, 1997. (Lansdowne, VA: 1997).