Table 5-1 Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
Table 5-1
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Millions of metric tons)
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Total | 623.3 | 711.8 | 734.6 | 380.1 | 429.3 | 445.2 | 6079.3 | 7062.0 | 7320.7 |
| Air | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| Water transport | 60.4 | 50.5 | 48.8 | 30.6 | 31.8 | 31.6 | 1014.0 | 985.4 | 991.9 |
| Coastal shipping | 26.2 | 22.6 | 21.1 | 30.6 | 31.8 | 31.6 | 270.9 | 241.9 | 242.6 |
| Great Lakes | 10.6 | 7.7 | 8.8 | NA | NA | NA | 99.9 | 105.3 | 104.2 |
| Inland waterwaysa | 23.6 | 20.2 | 18.9 | NA | NA | NA | 643.2 | 638.1 | 645.1 |
| Pipeline | 221.4 | 290.6 | 303.5 | U | U | U | 1416.2 | 1551.6 | 1611.8 |
| Crude oil and petroleum products | 145.8 | 174.5 | 183.4 | U | U | U | 958.9 | 1017.0 | 1067.8 |
| Natural gas | 75.6 | 116.1 | 120.1 | U | U | U | 457.3 | 534.6 | 544.0 |
| Rail | 191.8 | 203.0 | 200.0 | 34.7 | 30.7 | 30.2 | 1292.6 | 1405.8 | 1461.4 |
| Road | 149.3 | 167.3 | 181.9 | 314.7 | 366.7 | 383.3 | 2348.7 | 3110.7 | 3245.9 |
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 million Canadian 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 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 Puertos Mexicanos 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 and 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 Department of 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).