Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 297,308 | 100.0 | 548,166 | 100.0 | 75,869 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 242,127 | 81.4 | 514,371 | 93.8 | 67,578 | 89.1 |
| Truck | 220,639 | 74.2 | 428,616 | 78.2 | 41,741 | 55.0 |
| For-hire | 129,877 | 43.7 | 230,072 | 42.0 | 31,606 | 41.7 |
| Private truck | 89,144 | 30.0 | 186,983 | 34.1 | 9,370 | 12.3 |
| Rail | 6,525 | 2.2 | 45,926 | 8.4 | 20,653 | 27.2 |
| Water | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Shallow draft | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Great Lakes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Deep draft | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Air (including truck and air) | 9,605 | 3.2 | 215 | Z | 223 | 0.3 |
| Pipeline | 4,021 | 1.4 | 20,779 | 3.8 | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 44,168 | 14.9 | 11,066 | 2.0 | 5,606 | 7.4 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 42,762 | 14.4 | 1,298 | 0.2 | 945 | 1.2 |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 735 | 0.2 | S | S | 842 | 1.1 |
| Truck and water | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Rail and water | 65 | Z | 2,625 | 0.5 | 918 | 1.2 |
| Other multiple modes | 320 | 0.1 | 1,262 | 0.2 | S | S |
| Other and unknown modes | 11,013 | 3.7 | 22,729 | 4.1 | 2,684 | 3.5 |
KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
NOTE: The Commodity Flow Survey covers business establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and selected retail industries. The survey also covers selected auxiliary establishments (e.g., warehouses) of in-scope multiunit and retail companies. The survey excludes establishments classified as farms, forestry, fisheries, governments, construction, transportation, foreign establishments, services, and most establishments in retail. Due to industry-wide reporting problems, shipments by oil and gas extraction establishments are also excluded.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/cfs/cfs97od.html as of Nov. 2, 2001.