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Table 1-45M: 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 |
U |
Trucka |
438 |
417 |
423 |
460 |
584 |
589 |
629 |
641 |
660 |
655 |
631 |
669 |
686 |
700 |
711 |
737 |
U |
Class I rail |
742 |
810 |
829 |
871 |
991 |
1,070 |
1,168 |
1,209 |
1,228 |
1,278 |
1,315 |
1,357 |
1,355 |
1,370 |
1,344 |
1,344 |
1,357 |
Coastwise (water) |
2,408 |
2,416 |
2,429 |
2,192 |
3,082 |
3,174 |
2,581 |
2,744 |
2,836 |
2,655 |
2,659 |
2,659 |
2,456 |
2,140 |
2,029 |
2,058 |
2,013 |
Lakewise (water) |
840 |
795 |
814 |
853 |
863 |
843 |
890 |
861 |
835 |
827 |
818 |
827 |
818 |
816 |
813 |
806 |
814 |
Internal (water) |
454 |
478 |
531 |
576 |
652 |
700 |
756 |
777 |
771 |
753 |
776 |
795 |
768 |
750 |
760 |
785 |
775 |
Intraport (water) |
U |
U |
U |
26 |
27 |
24 |
21 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
26 |
26 |
27 |
24 |
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 |
Petroleum products (oil pipeline) |
433 |
539 |
575 |
830 |
666 |
629 |
623 |
610 |
610 |
653 |
666 |
647 |
665 |
665 |
676 |
673 |
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 |
Bus, intercity |
127 |
151 |
171 |
182 |
201 |
195 |
227 |
230 |
219 |
222 |
222 |
225 |
230 |
232 |
232 |
230 |
U |
Commuter rail |
33 |
34 |
36 |
37 |
37 |
38 |
35 |
37 |
37 |
35 |
34 |
39 |
39 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
U |
Amtrakb |
N |
N |
N |
380 |
348 |
372 |
439 |
457 |
459 |
452 |
436 |
431 |
414 |
412 |
406 |
399 |
393 |
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 the
previous table 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, 2000 (Washington,
DC: 2001), p. 51.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2001),
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,
2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 51.
Passenger:
Air carrier:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office
of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington,
DC: Annual issues).
Intercity bus and commuter rail:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2000 (Washington,
DC: 2001), p. 50.
Amtrak:
1970-85: Amtrak, corporate communication, Jan. 26, 1999.
1990-2000: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report (Washington, DC: 2001), Statistical
Appendix, pp. 23-25.
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