Table 5-2
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Billions (thousand millions) of metric ton-kilometers)
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| Total |
520.7 |
602.8 |
614.3 |
154.1 |
206.0 |
212.7 |
5070.0 |
5784.7 |
5916.2 |
| Air |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
10.9 |
15.6 |
16.0 |
| Water transport |
53.7 |
42.5 |
40.2 |
19.3 |
20.0 |
19.9 |
1217.0 |
1179.3 |
1116.4 |
| Coastal shipping |
14.0 |
10.5 |
10.3 |
19.3 |
20.0 |
19.9 |
699.5 |
642.9 |
595.8 |
| Great Lakes |
7.3 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
89.0 |
87.2 |
85.2 |
| Inland waterwaysa |
32.4 |
26.9 |
24.5 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
428.5 |
449.2 |
435.5 |
| Pipeline |
212.2 |
273.9 |
280.6 |
U |
U |
U |
1259.5 |
1338.9 |
1364.6 |
| Crude oil and petroleum products |
102.8 |
103.9 |
105.0 |
U |
U |
U |
852.8 |
877.6 |
904.0 |
| Natural gas |
109.4 |
170.0 |
175.6 |
U |
U |
U |
406.7 |
461.3 |
460.6 |
| Rail |
199.6 |
220.0 |
221.4 |
25.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
1509.6 |
1906.3 |
1979.7 |
| Road |
54.7 |
65.8 |
71.5 |
108.9 |
162.8 |
170.8 |
1073.1 |
1344.6 |
1439.5 |
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 excludes 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 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.: 1997).
Water transport: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. Los Puertos Mexicanos en Cifras 1990-1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1997).
Rail: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Based on data from Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Series Estadísticas 1990, 1995 and 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 Department of 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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