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Table 3-17. Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile (Current ¢)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service 22.8 20.5 21.9 28.2 46.3 48.8 64.6 64.8 64.1 71.4 72.2 76.5 81.5 R79.8 84.1
Index (1980 = 100) 49 44 47 61 100 105 140 140 138 154 156 165 176 172 182
Trucka 6.3 6.5 8.5 11.6 18.0 22.9 24.4 24.8 23.1 25.0 25.0 25.1 R26.0 26.1 26.2
Index (1990 = 100) 26 26 35 48 74 94 100 102 95 102 103 103 107 107 107
Class I rail 1.40 1.27 1.43 2.04 2.87 3.04 2.66 2.59 2.58 2.52 2.49 2.40 2.35 2.40 2.34
Index (1990 = 100) 53 48 54 77 108 114 100 97 97 95 94 90 88 90 88
Barge N 0.35 0.30 0.52 0.77 0.80 0.76 0.78 0.76 0.76 0.74 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.74
Index (1990 = 100) N 46 39 68 101 105 100 103 100 100 97 96 96 96 98
Oil pipeline 0.32 0.28 0.27 0.37 b1.33 1.57 1.44 1.40 1.49 1.42 1.40 1.51 1.37 1.37 1.40
Index (1990 = 100) 22 19 19 26 92 109 100 97 103 99 97 105 95 95 97
Producer Price Index (1982 = 100)c 33 34 39 58 88 105 119 122 123 125 126 128 131 132 131

aGeneral freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.
b Reflects entrance of Alaska pipeline moving crude petroleum to U.S. refineries between 1975 and 1980.
c Total finished goods.

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

SOURCES:
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:
1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970), part III, tables 2 and 13.
1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: 1974), part III, tables 2 and 13.
1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: 1976, 1981), pp. 4 and 14 (December 1976) and pp. 2 and 3 (December 1981).
1985-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 1, line 4.
Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 18 (freight operating revenues/freight revenue ton-miles).
Truck, barge, and oil pipeline:
1960-98: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 49.
Class I rail:
1960-98: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 30.
Producer Price Index:
1960-98: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, 2000 (Washington, DC: February 2000), table B-63.



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