BTS | Table 3-17: Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

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Table 3-17: Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service	22.8	20.5	21.9	28.2	46.3	48.8	64.6	64.8	64.1	71.4	72.2	76.5	81.5	79.8	84.1	80.9
Index (1980 = 100)	49	44	47	61	100	105	140	140	138	154	156	165	176	172	182	175
Truck^a	6.3	6.5	8.5	11.6	18.0	22.9	24.4	24.8	23.1	25.0	25.0	25.1	26.0	26.1	26.2	26.2
Index (1990 = 100)	26	26	35	48	74	94	100	102	95	102	103	103	107	107	107	107
Class I rail	1.40	1.27	1.43	2.04	2.87	3.04	2.66	2.59	2.58	2.52	2.49	2.40	2.35	2.40	2.34	2.28
Index (1990 = 100)	53	48	54	77	108	114	100	97	97	95	94	90	88	90	88	86
Barge	N	0.35	0.30	0.52	0.77	0.80	0.76	0.78	0.76	0.76	0.74	0.73	0.73	^R0.74	0.74	0.74
Index (1990 = 100)	N	46	^R40	68	^R102	^R106	100	103	100	100	97	^R97	96	^R97	98	98
Oil pipeline	0.32	0.28	0.27	0.37	^b1.33	1.57	^R1.46	1.40	^R1.45	^R1.43	^R1.47	1.51	^R1.40	^R1.40	^R1.38	1.46
Index (1990 = 100)	22	19	^R19	25	^R91	^R107	100	^R96	^R100	^R98	^R101	^R104	^R96	^R96	^R95	100
Producer Price Index (1982 = 100)^c	33	34	39	58	88	105	119	122	123	125	126	128	131	132	131	133

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^a General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.

^b Reflects entrance of Alaska pipeline moving crude petroleum to U.S. refineries between 1975 and 1980.

^c Total finished goods.

SOURCES:

Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:

1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970), part III, tables 2 and 13.

1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: 1974), part III, tables 2 and 13.

1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: 1976, 1981), pp. 4 and 14 (December 1976) and pp. 2 and 3 (December 1981).

1985-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 1, line 4.

Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 18 (freight operating revenues/freight revenue ton-miles).

Truck, barge, and oil pipeline:

1960-99: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 17.

Class I rail:

1960-99: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 30.

Producer Price Index:

1960-99: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, 2000 (Washington, DC: August 2001), table B-65.