TABLE 2-7b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1991-2001
TABLE 2-7b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1991-2001
Billions
| Year | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Truck | 898 | 922 | 963 | 1,027 | 1,074 | 1,106 | 1,157 | 1,190 | 1,231 | 1,249 | 1,260 |
| Railroad | 1,042 | 1,098 | 1,135 | 1,221 | 1,317 | 1,377 | 1,391 | 1,448 | 1,504 | 1,546 | 1,599 |
| Water | 848 | 857 | 790 | 815 | 808 | 765 | 707 | 673 | 656 | 646 | 622 |
| Oil and natural gas pipeline | 824 | 844 | 856 | 860 | 882 | 905 | 905 | 902 | 899 | 853 | 843 |
| Total | 3,620 | 3,731 | 3,754 | 3,935 | 4,093 | 4,165 | 4,174 | 4,227 | 4,304 | 4,310 | 4,337 |
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.