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Figure 1: U.S.-North American Freight by Mode: 2016-2017

(billions of current dollars)

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Dataset Table:

Mode 2016 2017 Percent Change between 2016-2017
Truck 700 721 3.0
Rail 166 174 5.2
Pipeline 50 65 31.3
Air 42 44 5.3
Vessel 58 76 29.6
Total 1,069 1,139 6.6

Source:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, https://www.bts.gov/transborder as of February 2018.