Table 5-5b Top Mexican Domestic Freight Area Pairs by Mode: 1996
Table 5-5b
Top Mexican Domestic Freight Area Pairs by Mode: 1996
(Thousands of metric tons)
| Mode of transportation | Total |
|---|---|
| Air | |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Guadalajara, Jal. | 6 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Tijuana, B.C. | 5 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Cancún, Q. Roo. | 4 |
| Guadalajara, Jal. to Mexico City, D.F. | 4 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Monterrey, N.L. | 4 |
| Pipeline | |
| U | U |
| Rail | |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. to Monterrey, N.L. | 1,553 |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. to Mexico City, D.F. | 1,271 |
| Veracruz, Ver. to Mexico City, D.F. | 803 |
| Ciudad Sahagún, Hgo. to Mexico City, D.F. | 783 |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. to Guadalajara, Jal. | 697 |
| Road | |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. | 12,700 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Monterrey, N.L. | 7,400 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Guadalajara, Jal. | 6,100 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Veracruz, Ver. | 4,700 |
| Mexico City, D.F. to Toluca, Edo. de Mex. | 4,400 |
| Water transport | |
| Guerrero Negro, B.C.S. to Isla de Cedros, B.C. | 7,400 |
| Pajaritos, Ver. to Tuxpan, Ver. | 4,000 |
| Salina Cruz, Oax. to Guaymas, Son. | 2,300 |
| Salina Cruz, Oax. to Manzanillo, Col. | 2,100 |
| Salina Cruz, Oax. to Lázaro Cárdenas, Mich. | 1,300 |
| Intermodal | |
| N | N |
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Data represent one-way flows.
Rail: Figures of 1993, based on allocation studies (See Appendix B).
Road: Figures of 1994, from a survey of motor carrier vehicles on federal roads (See Appendix B).
Water transport: Data represent port to port pairs rather than metropolitan area pairs.
SOURCES
Air: Instituto Mexicano del Transporte based on special tabulation of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. (Sanfandila, Qro.: 1999).
Rail: Instituto Mexicano del Transporte. Evaluación Económica de Mejoras a la Infraestructura del Sistema Nacional Ferroviario, Publicación Técnica No. 82. Estimates included in this document are based on information from the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. (Sanfandila, Qro.: 1996).
Road: Instituto Mexicano del Transporte. Special tabulation from Estudio de pesos y dimensiones de los vehculos de carga que circulan en la red nacional de carreteras, 1994. (Sanfandila, Qro.: 1999).
Water transport: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1997).