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Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode: 2018 and 2019

(Dollars in Billions)

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Dataset Table:

2018 2019 1
Truck 772 772 2
Rail 179 179 3
Vessel 97 96 4
Pipeline 73 72 5
Air 47 50 6
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Source:

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