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Table 1-56: U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by
Transportation Mode, 2002
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TOTAL
all modes |
660.2 |
100.0 |
2,191.5 |
100.0 |
326.7 |
100.0 |
136 |
Single
modes, total |
644.5 |
97.6 |
2,158.5 |
98.5 |
311.9 |
95.5 |
105 |
Trucka |
419.6 |
63.6 |
1,159.5 |
52.9 |
110.2 |
33.7 |
86 |
For-hire |
189.8 |
28.8 |
449.5 |
20.5 |
65.1 |
19.9 |
285 |
Privateb |
226.7 |
34.3 |
702.2 |
32.0 |
44.1 |
13.5 |
38 |
Rail |
31.3 |
4.7 |
109.4 |
5.0 |
72.1 |
22.1 |
695 |
Water |
46.9 |
7.1 |
228.2 |
10.4 |
70.6 |
21.6 |
S |
Air |
1.6 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
− |
0.1 |
− |
2,080 |
Pipelinec |
145.0 |
22.0 |
661.4 |
30.2 |
S |
S |
S |
Multiple
modes, total |
9.6 |
1.5 |
18.7 |
0.9 |
12.5 |
3.8 |
849 |
Parcel,
U.S. Postal Service or Courier |
4.3 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
- |
0.1 |
- |
837 |
Other |
5.4 |
0.8 |
18.5 |
0.8 |
12.4 |
3.8 |
1,371 |
Unknown
and other modes, total |
6.1 |
0.9 |
14.2 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
57 |
KEY: - = less than 1 unit of measure or equal to
zero; S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or
other reasons.
a Truck as a single mode
includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a
combination of both.
b Private truck refers to a
truck operated by a temporary or permanent employee of an establishment or
the buyer/receiver of the shipment.
c Excludes most shipments of
crude oil. See previous table for the
estimated amount of crude oil and petroleum products transported in the
United States.
NOTE
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Transportation, 2002 Commodity Flow
Survey, Hazardous
Materials (Washington, DC: December 2004),
table 1a.
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