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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...

Table 13 U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2000

Table 13 U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2000

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Land gateway Entering the U.S. All U.S.-Mexican land gateways   All personal vehicles 91,156,796 All personal vehicle passengers 239,794,552 All buses 270,792 All bus passengers 3...

Table 12 U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2000

Table 12 U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 2000

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Land gateway Entering the U.S. All U.S.-Canadian land gateways   All personal vehicles 36,915,053 All personal vehicle passengers 90,046,948 All buses 189,264 All bus passengers...

Table 11 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports

Table 11 Top 20 U.S. Passenger Airports

(Thousands of enplaned passengers on large certificated air carriers)

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Rank Airport Total enplaned passengers Rank Total enplaned passengers % change 1990-2000 1 Atlanta (Hartsfield), GA 38,256  3 22,666...

Table 10 Passenger-Miles

Table 10 Passenger-Miles

(Millions)

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Mode 1970 1980 1990 1999 2000 Air carriers 108,442 204,368 345,873 487,906 515,367 General aviation 9,100 14,700 13,000 U U Passenger cars 1,750,897 2,011,989 2,281,391 R2,494,870 2,547,044...

Table 9 Vehicle-Miles

Table 9 Vehicle-Miles

(Millions)

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Mode 1970 1980 1990 1999 2000 Air carriers 2,068 2,523 3,963 5,309 5,646 General aviation 3,207 5,204 4,830 aN     aN    Passenger cars 916,700 1,111,596 1,408,286 R1...

Table 8 Number of Aircraft, Railcars, Vehicles, and Vessels

Table 8 Number of Aircraft, Railcars, Vehicles, and Vessels

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Mode 1970 1980 1990 1999 2000 Air carriers 2,679 3,808 6,083 8,228 U General aviation 131,743 211,045 196,800 219,464 U Passenger carsa 89,243,557 121,600,843 133,700,496 132,432,044...