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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 |
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 |
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 |
(P)
1,051,000 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
378,352 |
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 |
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 |
KEY: P = preliminary; 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.
1985-2003: 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 2004
(Washington, DC: 2004), 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.
1980-2003: Ibid., Shifts
in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC:
Annual issues), table 1.
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