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...

Table 2-2 - Daily and Long-Distance Trips by Mode: 1995

NOTE: Transit includes commuter rail.

Table 2-5 - Modal Shares of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments: 1993 and 1997

Box 2-1 - The Commodity Flow Survey and Supplementary Freight Data

Most of the national estimates of freight movement presented in this report are based on preliminary results from the 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), conducted by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and the Census...