TABLE 2-7a Change in Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1991-2001
TABLE 2-7a Change in Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1991-2001
Index: 1991 = 1.00
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| Year | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | 1.00 | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.33 | 1.41 | 1.45 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 1.60 | 1.69 | 1.48 |
| Truck | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.40 |
| Railroad | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.17 | 1.26 | 1.32 | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.44 | 1.48 | 1.53 |
| Water | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.73 |
| Oil and natural gas pipeline | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.02 |
| Total | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.20 |
SOURCES: Air, oil pipeline, and water-U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics 2002, table 1-44 revised, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of October 2003. Truck, rail, natural gas pipeline-USDOT, BTS, calculations based on data from various sources as follows: Truck-USDOT, BTS, Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 124, table 2; US International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends (Washington, DC: 2003), figure 14; USDOT, BTS, Martime Trade and Transportation 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 1-20; and USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2001 (Washington DC: 2002), table VM-1.
Rail-Surface Transportation Board, Carload Waybill Sample; Transport Canada, Transportation in Canada, Addendum (Ottawa, Ontario: Annual issues), table A6-10; and Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1991-2001 issues), p. 36. Natural gas pipeline-U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Annual Energy Review 2001 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 6.5, and DOE, EIA, International Energy Annual 2001 (Washington, DC: 2003), table C-1.