Table 5-2
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Billions (thousand millions) of ton-miles)
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| Total |
356.6 |
412.9 |
420.8 |
105.5 |
141.1 |
145.7 |
3,472.6 |
3,962.2 |
4,052.3 |
| Air |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
7.4 |
10.7 |
10.9 |
| Water transport |
36.8 |
29.1 |
27.5 |
13.2 |
13.7 |
13.6 |
833.5 |
807.7 |
764.7 |
| Coastal shipping |
9.6 |
6.8 |
7.1 |
13.2 |
13.7 |
13.6 |
479.1 |
440.3 |
408.1 |
| Great Lakes |
5.0 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
60.9 |
59.7 |
58.3 |
| Inland waterwaysa |
22.2 |
18.4 |
16.8 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
293.5 |
307.7 |
298.3 |
| Pipeline |
145.3 |
187.6 |
192.2 |
U |
U |
U |
862.7 |
917.1 |
934.7 |
| Crude oil and petroleum products |
70.4 |
71.2 |
71.9 |
U |
U |
U |
584.1 |
601.1 |
619.2 |
| Natural gas |
74.9 |
116.4 |
120.3 |
U |
U |
U |
278.6 |
316.0 |
315.5 |
| Rail |
136.7 |
150.7 |
151.6 |
17.1 |
15.1 |
14.4 |
1,034.0 |
1,305.7 |
1,356.0 |
| Road |
37.5 |
45.1 |
49.0
| 74.6 |
111.5 |
117 |
735.0 |
921.0 |
986.0 |
aCommercially navigable.
KEY: NA = Not applicable. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Canada
Road: Data include only activity of Canadian domiciled for-hire carriers with
annual intercity revenues greater than or equal to 1 million
Canadian dollars. Data exclude local (less than 24 kilometers) deliveries,
and deliveries made by private trucks and small for-hire carriers. Pipeline:
Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
Mexico
Total: Does not include data for pipelines because the data are unavailable.
Road: Includes only intercity truck activity on the Mexican federal highway
system.
United States
Pipeline: Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
Road: Data are for intercity for-hire and private truck only.
SOURCES
Canada
Air: Statistics Canada. Canadian Civil Aviation, Catalogue No. 51-206-XPB.
(Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Coastal shipping, Great Lakes and inland waterways and rail: Transport Canada.
Economic Analysis Directorate based on Statistics
Canada data. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Pipeline: Statistics Canada. Oil Pipeline Transport, Catalogue No. 55-201-XPB,
and Gas Utilities Transport and Distribution Systems,
Catalogue No. 57-205-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Rail: Transport Canada. Economic Analysis Directorate, based on Statistics
Canada data. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Road: Statistics Canada. Trucking in Canada, Catalogue No. 53-222-XPB. (Ottawa,
Ont.: various years).
Mexico
Air: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General
de Aeronáutica Civil. La Aviación Mexicana en Cifras 1990-1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
Water transport: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Coordinación
General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. Los PuertosMexicanos en Cifras
1990-1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1997).
Rail: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Based on data from
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Series Estadísticas1990,1995
y 1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Road: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General
de Autotransporte Federal. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
United States
Air: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Office of Airline Information. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics.(Washington,
DC: various years).
Coastal shipping, Great Lakes and inland waterways: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Waterborne Commerce of the U.S., Part 5. (New
Orleans, LA: Annual issues).
Pipeline, crude oil and petroleum products: Association of Oil Pipe Lines.
Shifts in Petroleum Transportation. (Washington, DC: various years).
Pipeline, natural gas: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation
Statistics. Special tabulation based on Departmenof Energy data. (Washington,
DC: 1999).
Rail: Association of American Railroads. Railroad Facts, 1997. (Washington,
DC: 1997).
Road: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc. Transportation in America, 1997.
(Lansdowne, VA: 1997).
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