BTS | Table 1-48: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings

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Table 1-48: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings

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Truck	2002
Total U.S.-Canadian border	6,910,628
Total top 5 gateways	4,567,704
Detroit, MI	1,670,565
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	1,208,095
Port Huron, MI	907,729
Blaine, WA	410,256
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	371,059

Truck	2003
Total U.S.-Canadian border	6,728,228
Total top 5 gateways	4,478,405
Detroit, MI	1,634,319
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	1,162,961
Port Huron, MI	928,074
Champlain-Rouse Pt., NY	387,962
Blaine, WA	365,089

Truck	2004
Total U.S.-Canadian border	6,903,882
Total top 5 gateways	4,591,686
Detroit, MI	1,701,452
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	1,175,254
Port Huron, MI	945,962
Champlain-Rouse Pt., NY	397,317
Blaine, WA	371,701

Truck	2005
Total U.S.-Canadian border	6,783,944
Total top 5 gateways	4,553,263
Detroit, MI	1,745,318
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	1,142,411
Port Huron, MI	922,401
Champlain-Rouse Pt., NY	388,869
Blaine, WA	354,264

Truck	2006
Total U.S.-Canadian border	6,649,249
Total top 5 gateways	4,499,055
Detroit, MI	1,770,008
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	1,117,789
Port Huron, MI	835,927
Champlain-Rouse Pt., NY	409,372
Blaine, WA	365,959

Rail	2002
Total U.S.-Canadian border	1,824,976
Total top 5 gateways	1,305,446
Port Huron, MI	424,635
Detroit, MI	293,300
International Falls, MN	238,515
Portal, ND	199,637
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	149,359

Rail	2003
Total U.S.-Canadian border	1,868,245
Total top 5 gateways	1,333,244
Port Huron, MI	458,551
Detroit, MI	254,688
International Falls, MN	252,699
Portal, ND	217,390
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	149,916

Rail	2004
Total U.S.-Canadian border	1,950,909
Total top 5 gateways	1,346,724
Port Huron, MI	474,175
International Falls, MN	259,165
Detroit, MI	234,823
Portal, ND	224,896
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	153,665

Rail	2005
Total U.S.-Canadian border	1,940,557
Total top 5 gateways	1,325,479
Port Huron, MI	457,275
International Falls, MN	251,118
Portal, ND	231,832
Detroit, MI	231,482
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	153,772

Rail	2006
Total U.S.-Canadian border	1,923,787
Total top 5 gateways	1,333,105
Port Huron, MI	445,269
International Falls, MN	282,784
Portal, ND	244,988
Detroit, MI	218,963
Buffalo-Niagara, NY	141,101

NOTES

Truck: Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles. Data are for both loaded and empty trucks.

Rail: Data includes both loaded and unloaded railcars.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, October 2007. Based on the following primary data source: U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management Database, special tabulation (Washington, DC: 2007).