Table 2-9 - Top 10 U.S. Merchandise Trade Partners by Value: 1980 and 1997 (chained 1997 dollars)

Table 2-11 - Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Functional Class: 1980-97 (millions)

Figure 2-2 - Lond-distance Trips per Person: 1995

a These numbers differ from those presented in figure 6-9 in Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1998 and reflect demographic data released in 1999.

NOTE: Some numbers may not differ statistically.

Table 2-6 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 1997

(Commodity Flow Survey data only)

Table 2-4 - Domestic- and Export-Bound Freight Shipments within the United States: 1993 and 1997

Figure 2-4 - Modal Shares of U.S. Merchandise Trade by Value and Tons: 1997

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, January 1999, except water and air data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division.

Table 2-7 - Major Commodities Shipped in the United States: 1997

(Commodity Flow Survey data only)

Figure 2-12 - Railroad Network Showing Volume of Freight: 1997

NOTE: Alaska and Hawaii are not shown here as they have no railroad networks.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.

Figure 2-3 - Freight Shipments and Related Factor of Growth 1993-97

SOURCES: Freight data based on: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey: United States, TC92-CF-52 (Washington, DC: 1993)

_________. 1997 Commodity Flow...

Figure 2-6 - Top Freight Gateways by Shipment Value: 1997

NOTES: Air—Values for some airports may include a low level (generally less than 2 percent of the total value) of small user-fee airports located in the same regional area. In addition, due to the Census Bureau...