Table 5-2 Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
Table 5-2
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Billions (thousand millions) of metric ton-kilometers)
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Total | 520.7 | 602.8 | 614.3 | 154.1 | 206.0 | 212.7 | 5070.0 | 5784.7 | 5916.2 |
| Air | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 10.9 | 15.6 | 16.0 |
| Water transport | 53.7 | 42.5 | 40.2 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 1217.0 | 1179.3 | 1116.4 |
| Coastal shipping | 14.0 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 699.5 | 642.9 | 595.8 |
| Great Lakes | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | NA | NA | NA | 89.0 | 87.2 | 85.2 |
| Inland waterwaysa | 32.4 | 26.9 | 24.5 | NA | NA | NA | 428.5 | 449.2 | 435.5 |
| Pipeline | 212.2 | 273.9 | 280.6 | U | U | U | 1259.5 | 1338.9 | 1364.6 |
| Crude oil and petroleum products | 102.8 | 103.9 | 105.0 | U | U | U | 852.8 | 877.6 | 904.0 |
| Natural gas | 109.4 | 170.0 | 175.6 | U | U | U | 406.7 | 461.3 | 460.6 |
| Rail | 199.6 | 220.0 | 221.4 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 1509.6 | 1906.3 | 1979.7 |
| Road | 54.7 | 65.8 | 71.5 | 108.9 | 162.8 | 170.8 | 1073.1 | 1344.6 | 1439.5 |
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 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
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 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.: 1997).
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).