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3-1 Freight Shipments Within the U.S. by Mode

Monday, December 29, 2014

Excel

Value of shipments

billions of chained 2007 dollars

Mode 2002 2007 2012
Truck 11,165 12,193 12,653
Rail 468 574 623
Water 113 212 224
Aira 372 357 390
Pipeline 309 787 839
Multiple modes 1,367 1,925 1,997
Otherb 403 603 625
Total 14,196 16,651 17,352

 

Weight of shipments

millions of tons

Mode 2002 2007 2012
Truck 11,943 13,336 13,812
Rail 1,978 2,024 2,176
Water 680 655 715
Aira 5 5 6
Pipeline 1,574 1,659 1,716
Multiple modes 320 583 635
Otherb 716 617 602
Total 17,215 18,879 19,662

 

Ton miles of shipments

billions of ton miles

Year 2002 2007 2012
Truck 2,281 2,348 2,505
Rail 1,368 1,522 1,643
Water 421 450 512
Aira 6 9 10
Pipeline 881 855 936
Multiple modes 480 469 521
Otherb 102 86 97
Total 5,539 5,740 6,225

aIncludes air and truck-air. bIncludes other, unknown, and no domestic mode.

Notes: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Includes domestic trade and the domestic portion of imports and exports.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 3.5, available at faf.ornl.gov as of September 2014.