Table 1: U.S. Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode
(ton-miles, billions)
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Percent Change 1996 - 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 14.3% |
| Truck | 1,062.0 | 1,110.6 | 1,139.8 | 1,176.4 | 1,192.8 | 1,213.2 | 1,245.5 | 1,264.8 | 1,281.6 | 1,293.3 | 21.8% |
| Railroad | 1,377.1 | 1,391.1 | 1,448.4 | 1,503.7 | 1,546.3 | 1,599.3 | 1,605.5 | 1,603.6 | 1,684.5 | 1,733.8 | 25.9% |
| Water | 764.7 | 707.4 | 672.8 | 655.9 | 645.8 | 621.7 | 612.1 | 606.1 | 621.2 | 591.3 | -22.7% |
| Coastwise | 408.1 | 349.8 | 314.9 | 292.7 | 283.9 | 274.6 | 263.7 | 278.9 | 279.9 | 263.5 | -35.4% |
| Lakewise | 58.3 | 62.2 | 61.7 | 57.0 | 57.9 | 50.9 | 53.7 | 47.5 | 55.7 | 51.9 | -11.0% |
| Internal | 296.8 | 294.0 | 294.9 | 304.7 | 302.6 | 294.9 | 293.4 | 278.4 | 284.1 | 274.4 | -7.6% |
| Intraport | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.1% |
| Pipeline | 956.6 | 956.5 | 953.5 | 950.2 | 927.9 | 910.0 | 932.0 | 925.2 | 938.0 | 903.8 | -5.5% |
| Oil & Oil Products | 619.2 | 616.5 | 619.8 | 618.0 | 577.0 | 576.0 | 586.0 | 590.0 | 599.6 | 572.0 | -7.6% |
| Natural Gas | 337.4 | 340.0 | 333.7 | 332.2 | 350.9 | 334.0 | 346.0 | 335.2 | 338.4 | 331.8 | -1.7% |
| TOTAL | 4,174.1 | 4,179.4 | 4,228.6 | 4,300.6 | 4,328.6 | 4,357.5 | 4,409.0 | 4,414.8 | 4,541.7 | 4,537.9 | 8.7% |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculations using data from various sources. Numbers may not add to total due to rounding. See box at the end of this report for details.
Updated: Sunday, May 21, 2017