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Table 1-46a: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight
(Millions)
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TOTAL U.S. ton-miles of freight (millions) |
U |
1,854,034 |
2,206,713 |
2,284,706 |
2,988,522 |
2,949,410 |
3,195,677 |
3,232,634 |
3,337,086 |
3,363,542 |
3,526,823 |
3,648,036 |
3,724,723 |
3,682,437 |
3,710,237 |
3,780,225 |
3,778,042 |
3,757,546 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Air carrier, domestic, all servicesa |
553 |
1,353 |
2,709 |
3,470 |
4,528 |
5,156 |
9,064 |
8,860 |
9,820 |
10,675 |
11,803 |
12,520 |
12,861 |
13,601 |
13,840 |
14,202 |
14,983 |
13,288 |
13,882 |
(R) 15,231 |
16,451 |
15,707 |
Intercity truckb |
285,000 |
359,000 |
412,000 |
454,000 |
555,000 |
610,000 |
735,000 |
758,000 |
815,000 |
861,000 |
908,000 |
921,000 |
972,000 |
996,000 |
1,027,000 |
1,059,000 |
1,074,000 |
1,051,000 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Class I railc |
572,309 |
697,878 |
764,809 |
754,252 |
918,958 |
876,984 |
1,033,969 |
1,038,875 |
1,066,781 |
1,109,309 |
1,200,701 |
1,305,688 |
1,355,975 |
1,348,926 |
1,376,802 |
1,433,461 |
1,465,960 |
1,495,472 |
1,507,011 |
1,551,438 |
1,662,598 |
1,696,425 |
Domestic
water transportationd |
U |
489,803 |
596,195 |
565,984 |
921,836 |
892,970 |
833,544 |
848,399 |
856,685 |
789,658 |
814,919 |
807,728 |
764,687 |
707,410 |
672,795 |
655,862 |
645,799 |
621,686 |
612,081 |
606,146 |
621,170 |
591,277 |
Coastwise |
U |
302,546 |
359,784 |
315,846 |
(e)
631,149 |
610,977 |
479,134 |
502,133 |
502,311 |
448,404 |
457,601 |
440,345 |
408,086 |
349,843 |
314,864 |
292,730 |
283,872 |
274,559 |
263,688 |
278,919 |
279,857 |
263,464 |
Lakewise |
U |
75,918 |
79,416 |
68,517 |
61,747 |
48,184 |
60,930 |
55,339 |
55,785 |
56,438 |
58,263 |
59,704 |
58,335 |
62,166 |
61,654 |
57,045 |
57,879 |
50,854 |
53,653 |
47,539 |
55,733 |
51,924 |
Internal |
U |
109,701 |
155,816 |
180,399 |
227,343 |
232,708 |
292,393 |
289,959 |
297,639 |
283,894 |
297,762 |
306,329 |
296,791 |
294,023 |
294,896 |
304,724 |
302,558 |
294,861 |
293,410 |
278,352 |
284,096 |
274,367 |
Intraport |
U |
1,638 |
1,179 |
1,222 |
1,596 |
1,102 |
1,087 |
968 |
950 |
922 |
1,293 |
1,350 |
1,475 |
1,378 |
1,381 |
1,362 |
1,490 |
1,413 |
1,329 |
1,336 |
1,484 |
1,521 |
Oil pipelineb |
229,000 |
306,000 |
431,000 |
507,000 |
588,200 |
564,300 |
584,100 |
578,500 |
588,800 |
592,900 |
591,400 |
601,100 |
619,200 |
616,500 |
619,800 |
617,700 |
577,300 |
576,100 |
586,200 |
590,200 |
599,600 |
U |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not
available.
a Includes freight, express,
and mail revenue ton-miles as reported on U.S. DOT Form 41.
b Intercity truck and oil
pipeline estimates are reported in billions.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics converted these estimates to millions.
c Revenue ton-miles.
d Excludes intraterritorial
traffic, for which ton-miles were not compiled.
e Reflects startup between
1975 and 1980 of Alaska pipeline and consequent water transportation of crude
petroleum from Alaskan ports to mainland United States for refining.
NOTE
Numbers may not add to totals due to roundings.
SOURCES
Air carrier, domestic, all services:
1960-65: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook
of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington,
DC: 1970).
1970-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic
Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
p. 2, line 3.
1985-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 3, line 3.
Intercity truck:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p.
42.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad
Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), p. 27.
Domestic water transportation:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne
Commerce of the U.S. (New Orleans, LA:
Annual issues), part 5, section 1, table 1-4, and similar tables in earlier
editions.
Oil pipeline:
1960-70: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 44.
1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts
in Petroleum Transportation (Washington,
DC: Annual issues), table 4.
1980-2004: Ibid., Shifts in Petroleum
Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual
issues), table 1.
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