Table 5-2 Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
Table 5-2
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Billions (thousand millions) of ton-miles)
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Total | 356.6 | 412.9 | 420.8 | 105.5 | 141.1 | 145.7 | 3,472.6 | 3,962.2 | 4,052.3 |
| Air | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
| Water transport | 36.8 | 29.1 | 27.5 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 833.5 | 807.7 | 764.7 |
| Coastal shipping | 9.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 479.1 | 440.3 | 408.1 |
| Great Lakes | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.7 | NA | NA | NA | 60.9 | 59.7 | 58.3 |
| Inland waterwaysa | 22.2 | 18.4 | 16.8 | NA | NA | NA | 293.5 | 307.7 | 298.3 |
| Pipeline | 145.3 | 187.6 | 192.2 | U | U | U | 862.7 | 917.1 | 934.7 |
| Crude oil and petroleum products | 70.4 | 71.2 | 71.9 | U | U | U | 584.1 | 601.1 | 619.2 |
| Natural gas | 74.9 | 116.4 | 120.3 | U | U | U | 278.6 | 316.0 | 315.5 |
| Rail | 136.7 | 150.7 | 151.6 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 1,034.0 | 1,305.7 | 1,356.0 |
| Road | 37.5 | 45.1 | 49.0 | 74.6 | 111.5 | 117 | 735.0 | 921.0 | 986.0 |
KEY: NA = Not applicable. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Canada
Road: Data include only activity of Canadian domiciled for-hire carriers with annual intercity revenues greater than or equal to 1 million
Canadian dollars. Data exclude 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
Pipeline: Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
Road: Data are for intercity for-hire and private truck only.
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 Statistics
Canada 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 Estadísticas1990,1995 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 Departmenof 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).