Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Texas by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Texas by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 567,017 | 100.0 | 913,505 | 100.0 | 206,392 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 490,342 | 86.5 | 862,896 | 94.5 | 189,009 | 91.6 |
| Truck | 366,365 | 64.6 | 465,355 | 50.9 | 79,223 | 38.4 |
| For-hire | 195,900 | 34.5 | 199,559 | 21.8 | 56,467 | 27.4 |
| Private truck | 168,297 | 29.7 | 262,281 | 28.7 | 22,096 | 10.7 |
| Rail | 43,841 | 7.7 | 95,987 | 10.5 | 59,935 | 29.0 |
| Water | 19,701 | 3.5 | 95,199 | 10.4 | 31,164 | 15.1 |
| Shallow draft | 15,032 | 2.7 | 69,440 | 7.6 | 15,009 | 7.3 |
| Great Lakes | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Deep draft | 4,670 | 0.8 | 25,759 | 2.8 | 16,155 | 7.8 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 18,086 | 3.2 | 151 | 0 | 206 | 0.1 |
| Pipeline | 42,349 | 7.5 | 206,204 | 22.6 | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 60,622 | 10.7 | 7,723 | 0.8 | S | S |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 57,644 | 10.2 | 1,225 | 0.1 | 852 | 0.4 |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 2,469 | 0.4 | 4,147 | 0.5 | 2,986 | 1.4 |
| Truck and water | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Rail and water | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Other multiple modes | 66 | 0.0 | S | S | S | S |
| Other and unknown modes | 16,053 | 2.8 | 42,887 | 4.7 | 3,068 | 1.5 |
KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons.
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.