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Table 1-35M: Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight
and Passenger Modes
(Kilometers)
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Freight |
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Air
carrier |
1,534 |
1,518 |
1,632 |
1,741 |
1,693 |
1,862 |
2,235 |
2,166 |
2,239 |
2,168 |
1,965 |
1,867 |
1,901 |
1,733 |
1,735 |
1,611 |
1,580 |
1,566 |
U |
U |
Trucka |
438 |
417 |
423 |
460 |
584 |
589 |
629 |
641 |
660 |
655 |
631 |
669 |
686 |
700 |
711 |
737 |
761 |
781 |
U |
U |
Class
I rail |
742 |
810 |
829 |
870 |
991 |
1,069 |
1,168 |
1,209 |
1,227 |
1,278 |
1,315 |
1,356 |
1,355 |
1,369 |
1,344 |
1,344 |
1,357 |
1,382 |
1,373 |
1,388 |
Coastwise
(water) |
2,408 |
2,416 |
2,429 |
2,192 |
3,082 |
3,174 |
2,582 |
2,744 |
2,835 |
2,656 |
2,658 |
2,658 |
2,456 |
2,140 |
2,030 |
2,059 |
2,013 |
1,976 |
1,961 |
2,009 |
Lakewise
(water) |
840 |
795 |
814 |
853 |
863 |
843 |
890 |
861 |
836 |
827 |
817 |
827 |
817 |
815 |
812 |
806 |
814 |
818 |
851 |
852 |
Internal
(water) |
454 |
478 |
531 |
576 |
652 |
700 |
753 |
777 |
771 |
752 |
775 |
795 |
768 |
750 |
759 |
785 |
775 |
766 |
777 |
735 |
Intraport
(water) |
U |
U |
U |
26 |
27 |
24 |
20 |
21 |
20 |
20 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
Crude
(oil pipeline) |
523 |
515 |
483 |
1,019 |
1,402 |
1,250 |
1,307 |
1,323 |
1,336 |
1,271 |
1,252 |
1,283 |
1,254 |
1,257 |
1,234 |
1,233 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Petroleum
products (oil pipeline) |
433 |
539 |
575 |
830 |
666 |
629 |
623 |
610 |
610 |
653 |
666 |
647 |
665 |
665 |
676 |
673 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Passenger |
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Air
carrier, domestic, scheduled |
938 |
988 |
1,091 |
1,123 |
1,184 |
1,220 |
1,292 |
1,297 |
1,297 |
1,286 |
1,267 |
1,273 |
1,291 |
1,315 |
1,307 |
1,326 |
1,340 |
1,356 |
1,368 |
1,355 |
Bus,
intercity |
127 |
151 |
171 |
182 |
201 |
195 |
227 |
230 |
219 |
222 |
222 |
225 |
230 |
232 |
232 |
230 |
230 |
U |
U |
U |
Commuter
rail |
33 |
34 |
36 |
37 |
37 |
38 |
35 |
37 |
37 |
35 |
34 |
39 |
39 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
38 |
Amtrakb |
N |
N |
N |
380 |
348 |
372 |
439 |
459 |
460 |
451 |
449 |
431 |
412 |
412 |
404 |
399 |
393 |
381 |
376 |
372 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; U =
data are not available.
a Total Class I and Class II motor carriers of freight
(less-than-truckload, specialized carrier for truckload, and others).
b Amtrak began operations in 1971. Data are reported for fiscal years.
NOTES
Average
length of haul for freight is calculated by dividing ton-miles in table 1-46
by estimates of tonnage from the various data sources. The calculation of average length of haul
for passenger trips varies by mode:
for air carrier it is calculated by dividing revenue passenger-miles
by revenue passenger enplanements; for commuter rail, intercity bus, and
Amtrak it is calculated by dividing passenger-miles by number of passengers. These numbers were then converted to
kilometers.
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.
SOURCES
Freight:
Air carrier,
truck:
Eno
Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
In America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p.
65.
Class I rail:
Association
of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2004), p. 36.
Water:
U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the
United States, Part 5 (New Orleans, LA:
Annual issues), section 1, table 1-4 .
Oil pipeline:
1960-70:
Transportation Policy Associates, Washington, DC, personal communication.
1975-99: Eno
Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in
America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 65.
Passenger:
Air carrier:
U.S.
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of
Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 3, line 34.
Intercity
bus:
Eno
Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p.
64.
Commuter
Rail:
1960-2000:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p.
64.
2001-03: U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 19 and similar tables
in earlier editions.
Amtrak:
1970-85:
Amtrak, corporate communication, Jan. 26, 1999.
1990-2002:
Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report (Washington, DC: 2003), Statistical Appendix.
2003:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2004), p. 77.
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