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TABLE G-1 Passenger and Freight Expenditures: 1991-2001

Monday, September 10, 2012

TABLE G-1 Passenger and Freight Expenditures: 1991-2001

Millions (current $)

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  PASSENGER transportation expenditures, total Highway Air Rail Water
1991 591,715 513,069 72,841 4,414 1,391
1992 626,791 546,971 73,780 4,571 1,469
1993 664,883 583,977 74,123 5,278 1,505
1994 717,787 635,195 76,146 4,882 1,564
1995 747,412 657,410 81,155 6,693 2,155
1996 799,807 709,738 82,331 5,895 1,843
1997 846,731 745,726 93,268 5,763 1,974
1998 867,445 762,367 97,358 5,691 2,029
1999 936,917 827,468 101,750 5,611 2,088
2000 991,190 859,697 119,997 6,834 4,663
2001 1,010,172 886,697 111,866 7,421 4,187

  FREIGHT transportation expenditures, total Highway Air Rail Water Oil pipeline Other TOTAL passenger and freight transportation expenditures
1991 355,209 274,381 14,353 30,003 20,306 8,095 8,071 946,924
1992 375,080 292,930 14,950 30,473 19,895 8,548 8,284 1,001,871
1993 396,335 311,878 15,805 30,775 20,768 8,470 8,639 1,061,218
1994 420,320 330,716 17,249 33,121 21,150 8,676 9,408 1,138,107
1995 442,597 348,109 18,755 34,605 22,709 9,077 9,342 1,190,009
1996 467,203 368,545 20,448 35,059 24,564 8,637 9,950 1,267,010
1997 495,065 396,668 22,831 35,349 21,031 8,632 10,554 1,341,796
1998 528,430 427,231 24,222 35,294 22,503 8,579 10,601 1,395,875
1999 561,755 456,781 25,277 35,893 24,494 9,067 10,243 1,498,672
2000 575,775 460,841 27,648 36,454 28,670 8,958 13,204 1,566,965
2001 579,610 467,299 25,810 36,736 27,632 9,066 13,068 1,589,782

NOTES: Expenditures include private and for-hire transportation. Air passenger includes aircraft and operating costs, plus domestic and international air passenger federal excise taxes. Rail passenger include federal operating subsidies and capital grants for Amtrak and the Northeast Corridor. Water passenger includes international. Air freight includes domestic and international. Other includes domestic freight forwarder's revenues after payment to live-haul carriers plus other shipper costs such as loading and unloading freight cars.

SOURCE: Eno Transportation Foundation Inc., Transportation in America 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), pp.38-41.