Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Virginia by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Virginia by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 122,980 | 100.0 | 254,798 | 100.0 | 48,097 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 107,406 | 87.3 | 246,874 | 96.9 | 44,524 | 92.6 |
| Truck | 102,919 | 83.7 | 196,579 | 77.2 | 20,699 | 43.0 |
| For-hire | 58,636 | 47.7 | 90,042 | 35.3 | 13,301 | 27.7 |
| Private truck | 43,689 | 35.5 | 104,110 | 40.9 | 7,332 | 15.2 |
| Rail | 2,479 | 2.0 | 49,284 | 19.3 | 23,704 | 49.3 |
| Water | 160 | 0.1 | 674 | 0.3 | S | S |
| Shallow draft | 122 | 0.1 | 568 | 0.2 | 55 | 0.1 |
| Great Lakes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Deep draft | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1,778 | 1.4 | 31 | Z | 42 | 0.1 |
| Pipeline | 70 | 0.1 | S | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 12,605 | 10.2 | 4,069 | 1.6 | 2,019 | 4.2 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 11,956 | 9.7 | 317 | 0.1 | 224 | 0.5 |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Truck and water | S | S | S | S | 24 | Z |
| Rail and water | 116 | 0.1 | 3,490 | 1.4 | 1,499 | 3.1 |
| Other multiple modes | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Other and unknown modes | 2,970 | 2.4 | 3,855 | 1.5 | S | S |
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.