![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090511042706im_/http://www.bts.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
Table 1-42M. Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight and Passenger Modes (Kilometers)
Excel |
CSV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,534 |
1,518 |
1,632 |
1,741 |
1,693 |
1,862 |
2,235 |
2,166 |
2,239 |
2,134 |
R1,793 |
R1,720 |
R1,730 |
R1,453 |
1,432 |
438 |
417 |
423 |
460 |
584 |
589 |
629 |
641 |
660 |
655 |
631 |
669 |
R686 |
R700 |
715 |
742 |
810 |
829 |
871 |
991 |
1,070 |
1,168 |
1,209 |
1,228 |
1,278 |
1,315 |
1,357 |
1,355 |
1,370 |
1,344 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,408 |
2,416 |
2,429 |
2,192 |
3,082 |
3,174 |
2,581 |
2,744 |
2,836 |
2,655 |
2,659 |
2,659 |
2,456 |
2,140 |
2,029 |
840 |
795 |
814 |
853 |
863 |
843 |
890 |
861 |
835 |
827 |
818 |
827 |
818 |
816 |
813 |
454 |
478 |
531 |
576 |
652 |
700 |
756 |
777 |
771 |
753 |
776 |
795 |
768 |
750 |
760 |
U |
U |
U |
26 |
27 |
24 |
21 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
26 |
26 |
27 |
24 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
523 |
515 |
483 |
1,019 |
1,402 |
1,250 |
1,296 |
1,326 |
1,331 |
1,259 |
1,217 |
R1,202 |
R1,254 |
R1,147 |
1,109 |
433 |
539 |
575 |
830 |
666 |
629 |
626 |
608 |
605 |
642 |
644 |
R632 |
R632 |
R632 |
632 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
938 |
988 |
1,091 |
1,123 |
1,184 |
1,220 |
1,292 |
1,297 |
1,297 |
1,286 |
1,267 |
1,273 |
1,291 |
R1,315 |
1,308 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
127 |
151 |
171 |
182 |
201 |
195 |
227 |
230 |
219 |
222 |
222 |
225 |
230 |
R232 |
232 |
33 |
34 |
36 |
37 |
37 |
38 |
35 |
37 |
37 |
35 |
34 |
39 |
39 |
R37 |
U |
RN |
RN |
RN |
R380 |
R348 |
R372 |
439 |
457 |
459 |
452 |
436 |
431 |
414 |
412 |
406 |
a Total Class I and Class II motor carriers of freight (less-than-truckload, specialized carrier for truckload, and others).
b Amtrak began operations in 1971. Data are reported for fiscal years.
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.
NOTES: Conversion to Kilometers occurred after the following calculations. Average length of haul for freight is calculated by dividing ton-miles in table 1-11 by estimates of tonnage from the various data sources. The calculation of average length of haul for passenger trips varies by mode: for air carrier it is calculated by dividing revenue passenger-miles by revenue passenger enplanements; for commuter rail, intercity bus, and Amtrak it is calculated by dividing passenger-miles by number of passengers.
SOURCES:
Freight:
Air carrier, truck:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America, 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 71.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 36.
Water:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5 (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues), section 1, Table 1-4
Oil pipeline:
1960-70: Transportation Policy Associates, Washington, DC, personal communication.
1975-98: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 71.
Passenger:
Air carrier:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic
Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
Intercity bus and commuter rail:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 70.
Amtrak:
1970-85: Amtrak, corporate communication, Jan. 26, 1999.
1990-98: Amtrak, Amtrak FY99 Annual Report (Washington, DC), statistical appendix, p. III.
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090511042706im_/http://www.bts.gov/images/spacer.gif) |