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

Monday, December 21, 2015

Excel

Value of shipments

billions of chained 2007 dollars

Mode 2002 2007 2013
Truck 11,165 12,193 12,944
Rail 468 574 645
Water 113 212 180
Aira 372 357 332
Pipeline 309 787 1,141
Multiple modes 1,367 1,925 2,071
Otherb 403 603 669
Total 14,196 16,651 17,983

 

Weight of shipments

millions of tons

Mode 2002 2007 2013
Truck 11,943 13,336 14,547
Rail 1,978 2,024 2,016
Water 680 655 569
Aira 5 5 5
Pipeline 1,574 1,659 1,692
Multiple modes 320 583 657
Otherb 716 617 577
Total 17,215 18,879 20,063

 

Ton miles of shipments

billions of ton miles

Year 2002 2007 2013
Truck 2,281 2,348 2,610
Rail 1,368 1,522 1,569
Water 421 450 392
Aira 6 9 12
Pipeline 881 855 894
Multiple modes 480 469 549
Otherb 102 86 96
Total 5,539 5,740 6,121

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, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 3.6, available at faf.ornl.gov as of September 2015.