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Table
1-35: Average Length of Haul, Domestic
Freight and Passenger Modes
(Miles)
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Freight |
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Air
carrier |
953 |
943 |
1,014 |
1,082 |
1,052 |
1,157 |
1,389 |
1,346 |
1,391 |
1,347 |
1,221 |
1,160 |
1,181 |
1,077 |
1,078 |
1,001 |
982 |
973 |
U |
U |
Trucka |
272 |
259 |
263 |
286 |
363 |
366 |
391 |
398 |
410 |
407 |
392 |
416 |
426 |
435 |
442 |
458 |
473 |
485 |
U |
U |
Class
I rail |
461 |
503 |
515 |
541 |
616 |
665 |
726 |
751 |
763 |
794 |
817 |
843 |
842 |
851 |
835 |
835 |
843 |
859 |
853 |
862 |
Coastwise
(water) |
1,496 |
1,501 |
1,509 |
1,362 |
1,915 |
1,972 |
1,604 |
1,705 |
1,762 |
1,650 |
1,652 |
1,652 |
1,526 |
1,330 |
1,261 |
1,279 |
1,251 |
1,228 |
1,219 |
1,248 |
Lakewise
(water) |
522 |
494 |
506 |
530 |
536 |
524 |
553 |
535 |
519 |
514 |
508 |
514 |
508 |
507 |
505 |
501 |
506 |
509 |
529 |
530 |
Internal
(water) |
282 |
297 |
330 |
358 |
405 |
435 |
468 |
483 |
479 |
468 |
482 |
494 |
477 |
466 |
472 |
488 |
481 |
476 |
483 |
457 |
Intraport
(water) |
U |
U |
U |
16 |
17 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
Crude
(oil pipeline) |
325 |
320 |
300 |
633 |
871 |
777 |
812 |
822 |
830 |
790 |
778 |
797 |
779 |
781 |
767 |
766 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Petroleum
products (oil pipeline) |
269 |
335 |
357 |
516 |
414 |
391 |
387 |
379 |
379 |
406 |
414 |
402 |
413 |
413 |
420 |
418 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Passenger |
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Air
carrier, domestic, scheduled |
583 |
614 |
678 |
698 |
736 |
758 |
803 |
806 |
806 |
799 |
787 |
791 |
802 |
817 |
812 |
824 |
833 |
842 |
850 |
842 |
Bus,
intercity |
79 |
94 |
106 |
113 |
125 |
121 |
141 |
143 |
136 |
138 |
138 |
140 |
143 |
144 |
144 |
143 |
143 |
U |
U |
U |
Commuter
rail |
21 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
23 |
24 |
22 |
23 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
24 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
Amtrakb |
N |
N |
N |
236 |
216 |
231 |
273 |
285 |
286 |
280 |
279 |
268 |
256 |
256 |
251 |
248 |
244 |
237 |
234 |
231 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; U =
data are not available.
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.
NOTES
Average
length of haul for freight is calculated by dividing ton-miles in table 1-46
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, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p.
65.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad
Facts (Washington, DC: 2004), 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.
1975-99: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 65.
Passenger:
Air
carrier:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air
Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington,
DC: Annual issues), p. 3, line 34.
Intercity
bus:
Eno
Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in
America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 64.
Commuter
Rail:
1960-2000:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p.
64.
2001-03: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 19 and similar tables
in earlier editions.
Amtrak:
1970-85:
Amtrak, corporate communication, Jan. 26, 1999.
1990-2002:
Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report (Washington, DC: 2003), Statistical Appendix.
2003:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2004), p. 77.
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