Table 1: Data Sources for the Transportation Services Index
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Table 1: Data Sources for the Transportation Services Index
Mode | Source | Measure | |
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Freight | Trucking | American Trucking Associations | Index of tonnage |
Air | BTS and carrier websites | Freight of ton-miles | |
Rail | Association of American Railroads | Carloads & Intermodal units | |
Federal Railroad Administration | Quarterly ton-miles | ||
Water | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Tons | |
Pipeline | Energy Information Administration | Thousands of barrels, billion cubic feet | |
Passenger | Air | BTS and carrier websites | Revenue passenger-miles |
Rail | Federal Railroad Administration | Revenue passenger-miles | |
Transit | American Public Transportation Association | Unlinked trips |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2007