TABLE 7b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1990-2000
Monday, September 10, 2012
TABLE 7b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1990-2000
(Billions)
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Truck | 848 | 867 | 889 | 927 | 987 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,109 | 1,138 | 1,175 | 1,193 |
| Railroad | 1,064 | 1,042 | 1,098 | 1,135 | 1,221 | 1,317 | 1,377 | 1,391 | 1,448 | 1,504 | 1,546 |
| Water | 834 | 848 | 857 | 790 | 815 | 808 | 765 | 707 | 673 | 656 | 646 |
| Oil pipeline | 584 | 579 | 589 | 593 | 591 | 601 | 619 | 617 | 620 | 618 | 617 |
| TOTAL | 3,339 | 3,345 | 3,443 | 3,456 | 3,626 | 3,772 | 3,834 | 3,838 | 3,893 | 3,967 | 4,017 |
SOURCES: Air, pipeline, and water-U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 1-44. Truck-BTS calculation based on USDOT, BTS, Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 124; and USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2001 (Washington, DC: 2002), table VM-1. Rail-BTS calculation based on Surface Transportation Board, Carload Waybill Sample; Transport Canada, Transportation in Canada (Ottawa, Ontario: Annual issues), table 12-1; Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1991-2001 issues), page 36.