TABLE 1-9b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1992-2002
TABLE 1-9b Domestic Freight Ton-Miles by Mode: 1992-2002
Billions
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 13.6 |
| Truck | 896.4 | 935.6 | 995.7 | 1,041.7 | 1,071.0 | 1,119.2 | 1,148.7 | 1,186.0 | 1,203.1 | 1,223.6 | 1,255.4 |
| Railroad | 1,098.4 | 1,135.0 | 1,221.1 | 1,317.0 | 1,377.1 | 1,391.1 | 1,448.4 | 1,503.7 | 1,546.3 | 1,599.3 | 1,605.5 |
| Water | 856.7 | 789.7 | 814.9 | 807.7 | 764.7 | 707.4 | 672.8 | 655.9 | 645.8 | 621.7 | 612.1 |
| Oil and natural gas pipeline | 844.0 | 855.7 | 860.4 | 882.0 | 905.0 | 904.4 | 902.4 | 899.4 | 874.2 | 858.8 | 879.2 |
| Total | 3,706.4 | 3,727.5 | 3,904.2 | 4,061.1 | 4,131.5 | 4,136.0 | 4,186.4 | 4,259.3 | 4,285.2 | 4,316.7 | 4,365.8 |
NOTE: Data may not add to total because of independent rounding.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), calculations using data from various sources as follows: Air—USDOT, BTS, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics Monthly (Washington, DC:1990-2002 issues), p. 2, line 3, Freight, Express, and Mail Revenue Ton-Miles; and USDOT, Federal Aviation Administration supplementary statistics. Truck—USDOT, BTS, Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 124, table 2; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic by Port; USDOT, BTS, Border Crossing/Entry Data, U.S.-Canada, tables 1a, b, and c; U.S.-Mexico, table 1; USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2003), table VM-1.
Rail—Surface Transportation Board, Carload Waybill Sample, 1990-2002; Transport Canada, Transportation in Canada, Addendum (Ottawa, Ontario: 1990-2002 issues), table A6-10; Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1991-2002 issues), p. 36. Water—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States (Washington, DC: 2002), part V, section 1, table 1-4, Total Waterborne Commerce. Oil pipeline—Association of Oil Pipelines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: 2002), table 1. Natural gas pipeline—U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Annual Energy Review 2002 (Washington, DC: 2003), table 6.5; and DOE, EIA, International Energy Annual 2001 (Washington, DC: 2003), table C-1.