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Figure 2: North American Freight by Mode, 2017

(billions of current dollars)

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Dataset Table:

Mode 2017
Truck 721
Rail 174
Pipeline 65
Air 44
Vessel 76
Other 60

Source:

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