Figure 5-11 Revenue per unit of output for freight transportation modes: 1990-2015
Index, 1990 = 100
| Date | Domestic Air Carrier | Truck | Class I Rail | Oil Pipeline | Producer Price Index (PPI)c |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1991 | 109.6 | 96.7 | 97.5 | 96.0 | 102.1 |
| 1992 | 108.6 | 100.6 | 97.1 | 99.3 | 103.4 |
| 1993 | 107.8 | 101.9 | 94.8 | 95.5 | 104.6 |
| 1994 | 107.2 | 105.3 | 93.7 | 100.6 | 105.3 |
| 1995 | 109.9 | 104.8 | 90.4 | 104.8 | 107.3 |
| 1996 | 114.0 | 108.5 | 88.5 | 96.6 | 110.2 |
| 1997 | 114.5 | 110.8 | 90.2 | 95.6 | 110.6 |
| 1998 | 119.8 | 100.1 | 88.1 | 90.8 | 109.6 |
| 1999 | 122.9 | 102.0 | 85.8 | 95.5 | 111.6 |
| 2000 | 132.2 | 106.8 | 84.9 | 105.9 | 115.8 |
| 2001 | 107.6 | 103.3 | 84.4 | 109.6 | 118.0 |
| 2002 | 90.6 | 101.6 | 85.2 | 108.9 | 116.5 |
| 2003 | 96.9 | 103.5 | 85.9 | 106.7 | 120.2 |
| 2004 | 111.4 | 110.6 | 88.6 | 109.3 | 124.6 |
| 2005 | 134.1 | 120.6 | 98.6 | 106.5 | 130.6 |
| 2006 | 146.0 | 128.3 | 106.9 | 119.7 | 134.6 |
| 2007 | 160.7 | 128.4 | 112.5 | 131.8 | 139.8 |
| 2008 | 211.2 | 125.8 | 124.7 | 148.7 | |
| 2009 | 175.5 | 113.3 | 143.6 | 144.7 | |
| 2010 | 181.8 | 124.8 | 150.8 | ||
| 2011 | 217.3 | 141.1 | 159.8 | ||
| 2012 | 242.6 | 148.6 | 162.9 | ||
| 2013 | 245.3 | 152.5 | 164.9 | ||
| 2014 | 243.0 | 152.6 | 168.1 | ||
| 2015 | 224.6 | 148.7 | 162.6 |
a For 1990 and later, air carriers that did not report both financial data and all months of traffic data for a given period were excluded from the calculations. Cargo revenue includes both scheduled and charter property revenue and mail revenue.
b General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.
c Total finished goods. Converted to 1990 base year index by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and therefore not comparable to previous editions of this table.
SOURCES
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service (freight):
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TranStats Database, T-1, Schedule P-11, and Schedule P-12 data, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ as of Sep. 1, 2015, special tabulation.
Truck:
1990-2003: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 46.
2004-07: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 Transportation Annual Survey (Washington, DC: January 2011), table 2.1, available at http://www.census.gov/services/ as of Aug. 9, 2011, special tabulation.
Barge:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 46.
Oil pipeline:
PennWell Corporation, Oil and Gas Journal: Transportation Special Report (Houston, TX: September 2012 Issue), p. 127; and Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: February 2012), table 1, available at http://www.aopl.org/publications/?fa=reports as of Mar. 12, 2012.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 34 and similar pages in previous editions.
Producer Price Index:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index-Commodities, available at http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ as of Sept. 1, 2015.