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Table 9
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| Mode | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 |
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| Air carriers | 2,679 | 3,808 | 6,083 | 8,055 | 8,497 |
| General aviation | 131,743 | 211,045 | 198,000 | 217,533 | 211,446 |
| Passenger carsa | 89,243,557 | 121,600,843 | 133,700,496 | 133,621,420 | 137,633,467 |
| Motorcycles | 2,824,098 | 5,693,940 | 4,259,462 | 4,346,068 | 4,903,056 |
| Other 2-axle, 4-tire vehicles | 14,210,591 | 27,875,934 | 48,274,555 | 79,084,979 | 84,187,636 |
| Trucks: | |||||
| Single-unit | 3,681,405 | 4,373,784 | 4,486,981 | 5,926,030 | 5,703,500 |
| Combination | 905,082 | 1,416,869 | 1,708,895 | 2,096,619 | 2,154,174 |
| Busesb | 377,562 | 528,789 | 626,987 | 746,125 | 749,548 |
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| Amtrak—Cars | N | 2,128 | 1,863 | 1,894 | 2,084 |
| Locomotives | N | 419 | 318 | 378 | 401 |
| Commuter railcars and locomotives | N | 4,500 | 4,415 | 5,073 | P5,124 |
| Transitc | 10,548 | 10,654 | 11,332 | 12,168 | P12,084 |
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| Freight cars | 1,423,921 | 1,168,114 | 658,902 | 560,154 | 499,860 |
| Locomotives | 27,077 | 28,094 | 18,835 | 20,028 | 19,745 |
| Other freight cars | 360,260 | 542,713 | 553,359 | 820,642 | 814,276 |
| Nonself-propelled vessels (barges)d,e | 19,377 | 31,662 | 31,209 | 33,152 | 33,042 |
| Self-propelled vesselsd,e | 6,455 | 7,126 | 8,236 | 8,202 | 8,546 |
| Oceangoing shipse (1,00 0 gross tons and over) | 1,579 | 864 | 636 | 454 | 443 |
| Recreational boatsf | 5,128,345 | 8,577,857 | 10,996,253 | 12,782,143 | R12,876,346 |
a In July 1997, the USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, reassigned some vehicles, e.g., sport utility vehicles, from “passenger car” to “other 2-axle, 4-tire.”
b Includes municipally owned transit, commercial, federal, and school buses.
c Includes light and heavy rail only.
Key: N = data are nonexistent; P = preliminary; R = revised.
Sources: All data, except as noted—various sources, as cited in USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2002(Washington, DC: 2002), table 1-11. Air carriers 2001—Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts & Figures (Washington, DC: 2003/2004), “Active U.S. Air Carrier Fleet.” 2001 Class I rail—Association of American Railroads, Class I Railroad Statistics, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/AboutTheIndustry.asp, as of Oct. 2002. Passenger rail 2001—Association of American Railroads, Railroad Profiles, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/RailroadProfiles.asp, as of November 2003