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Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use

Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use

The U.S. transportation system is an extensive, interrelated network of public and private roads, airports, railroads, transit routes, waterways, terminals, ports, and pipelines. Millions of people and businesses rely on this expanding system...

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. Mineta Secretary

Michael P. Jackson Deputy Secretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Rick Kowalewski Acting Director

William J. Chang Associate Director for Information Systems

John V. Wells Chief...

Table 15 U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments: 1997

Table 15 U.S. Commercial Freight Shipments: 1997

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Mode Value Billions of 1997 $ Percent Tons Millions Tons Percent Ton-miles Billions Ton-miles Percent Truck (for-hire,private, both) 5,336 62.3 8,836 59.7 1,109 28.8 Parcel, postal,courier services...

Table 14 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight

Table 14 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight

(Millions of tons)

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Rank Port Total tons Rank Total tons % change 1990-99 1 South Louisiana, LA 214.2 1 194.2  10.3 2 Houston, TX 158.8 3 126.2  25.9 3 New York, NY & NJ 133.7...