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Table 12-2
Vehicle-Miles by Mode
(Millions of vehicle miles)
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| Air |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
8,793 |
8,424 |
8,335 |
| Air carriers |
N |
N |
N |
78 |
222 |
190 |
3,963 |
4,629 |
4,811 |
| Road |
N |
e197,055 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
2,144,400 |
2,422,700 |
2,482,200 |
| Personal vehicles |
N |
e168,469 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
1,992,400 |
2,238,100 |
2,292,900 |
| Passenger cars |
N |
e134,440 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
1,408,300 |
1,438,300 |
1,467,700 |
| Motorcycles |
N |
e649 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
9,600 |
9,800 |
9,900 |
| Light trucks |
N |
e33,380 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
574,600 |
790,000 |
815,300 |
| Bus |
887 |
1,042 |
996 |
N |
N |
N |
5,700 |
6,400 |
6,500 |
| Charter |
62 |
84 |
97 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Intercity |
105 |
96 |
81 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Local motor |
478 |
461 |
445 |
N |
N |
N |
2,130 |
2,184 |
2,165 |
| School |
242 |
401 |
373 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Commercial freight vehicles |
N |
e27,545 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
146,200 |
178,200 |
182,800 |
| Single-unit trucks |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
51,900 |
62,700 |
64,000 |
| Tractor |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
94,300 |
115,500 |
118,800 |
| Rail, train-miles |
78 |
87 |
84 |
30 |
24 |
25 |
413 |
490 |
499 |
| Freight |
63 |
74 |
70 |
17 |
15 |
16 |
380 |
458 |
469 |
| Intercity passenger |
15 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
33 |
32 |
30 |
| Transit |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
3,242 |
3,550 |
p3,663 |
| Transit rail |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
774 |
810 |
822 |
KEY: e = Data are estimated. N = Data are nonexistent. p = Data are preliminary.
U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Canada
Road, all data except bus: The number of total road vehicle kilometers for
1995 is an estimate. See Appendix B for explanation.
Bus: All bus data are from a sample of Canadian companies engaged in scheduled
intercity bus, urban transit, school bus and charterand other types of bus service
from Statistics Canada's annual Survey of the Passenger Bus and Urban Transit
Industry.
Transit: Although vehicle kilometers for transit rail are nonexistent, vehicle
kilometers for local motor bus are included under road,buses.
Mexico
Air: Includes only kilometers traveled by domestic airlines under scheduled
operations serving domestic and international flights.
Road: Although no data are collected for vehicle travel on all Mexican roads,
the Mexican Institute of Transport (IMT) estimates that thetotal vehicle-kilometers
for all types of passenger cars, trucks and buses using the main interurban
road corridors (of which there are10) is approximately 36 billion vehicle kilometers
per year. Main interurban road corridors comprise 25,190 kilometers or approximately5
percent of the Mexican national highway network. For additional information
on main interurban road corridors and Mexico's nationalroad network, see the
Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) report, Modernization
of the Main Highway System (MexicoCity, D.F.: 1998.)
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Canada
Road: Transport Canada. Transportation in Canada 1997 - Annual Report. (Ottawa,
Ont.: 1998). Transport Canada. Economic AnalysisDirectorate. (Ottawa, Ont.:
1998).
Rail: Statistics Canada. Rail in Canada, Catalogue No. 52-216-XPB. (Ottawa,
Ont.: various years).
Bus: Statistics Canada. Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Statistics, Catalogue
No. 53-215-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Mexico
Air: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General
de Aeronáutica Civil. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
Rail: Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Series Estadísticas,
1990, 1995 y 1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
United States
Air: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Office of Airline Information. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics. (Washington,
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U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. General
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Road: U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Highway
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U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Highway
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Rail: Association of American Railroads. Railroad Facts. (Washington,
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