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Table 4-2
Number of Aircraft, Railcars, Vehicles, and Vessels
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Air |
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|
|
|
Air carrier |
3,808 |
6,083 |
8,055 |
8,186 |
General aviation |
211,045 |
198,000 |
217,533 |
219,426 |
Highway |
|
|
|
|
Automobiles |
121,600,843 |
133,700,496 |
133,621,420 |
136,430,651 |
Other 2-axle, 4-tire
vehiclesa |
27,875,934 |
48,274,555 |
79,084,979 |
91,845,327 |
Buses (municipally owned
transit and commercial, federal, and school buses) |
528,789 |
626,987 |
746,125 |
795,274 |
Motorcycles |
5,693,940 |
4,259,462 |
4,346,068 |
5,780,870 |
Trucks |
|
|
|
|
Single-unit |
4,373,784 |
4,486,981 |
5,926,030 |
6,161,028 |
Combination |
1,416,869 |
1,708,895 |
2,096,619 |
2,010,335 |
Rail-Passenger |
|
|
|
|
Amtrak-Cars |
2,128 |
1,863 |
1,894 |
1,211 |
Amtrak-Locomotives |
419 |
318 |
378 |
276 |
Commuter railcars and
locomotives |
4,500 |
5,007 |
5,498 |
P6,228 |
Transitb |
10,654 |
11,332 |
12,168 |
P12,480 |
Rail-freight |
|
|
|
|
Class I-Freight cars |
1,168,114 |
658,902 |
560,154 |
473,773 |
Class I-Locomotives |
28,094 |
18,835 |
20,028 |
22,015 |
Other freight cars |
542,713 |
553,359 |
820,642 |
814,147 |
Waterborne |
|
|
|
|
Nonself-propelled vessels
(barges)c,d |
31,662 |
31,209 |
33,152 |
31,296 |
Self-propelled vesselsc,d |
7,126 |
8,236 |
8,202 |
8,994 |
Oceangoing shipsd (1,000 gross tons
and over) |
864 |
636 |
454 |
412 |
Recreational boats (numbered boats) |
8,577,857 |
10,996,253 |
12,782,143 |
12,781,476 |
a Includes vans, pickup
trucks, sport utility vehicles, and other 2-axle, 4-tire motor vehicles that
are not passenger cars.
b Includes light and heavy
rail transit only.
c See Glossary for
definitions.
d U.S.-flag vessels.
Key: P = preliminary
Sources: Except as noted, various sources, as cited in U.S.
Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National
Transportation Statistics, table 1-11,
available at http://www.bts.gov, as of October 2006.
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