Table 5-1
Domestic Freight Activity by Mode
(Millions of U.S. short tons)
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Total |
687.1 |
784.6 |
809.8 |
419.0 |
473.2 |
490.8 |
6,701.3 |
7,784.5 |
8,069.7 |
Air |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
8.5 |
9.4 |
10.7 |
Water transport |
66.6 |
55.7 |
53.8 |
33.7 |
35.1 |
34.8 |
1,117.8 |
1,086.2 |
1,093.3 |
Coastal shipping |
28.9 |
24.9 |
23.3 |
33.7 |
35.1 |
34.8 |
298.6 |
266.6 |
267.4 |
Great Lakes |
11.7 |
8.5 |
9.7 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
110.2 |
116.1 |
114.9 |
Inland waterwaysa |
26.0 |
22.3 |
20.8 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
709.0 |
703.4 |
711.1 |
Pipeline |
244.1 |
320.3 |
334.6 |
U |
U |
U |
1,561.1 |
1,710.3 |
1,776.7 |
Crude oil and petroleum products |
160.7 |
192.4 |
202.2 |
U |
U |
U |
1,057.0 |
1,121.0 |
1,177.0 |
Natural gas |
83.3 |
128.0 |
132.4 |
U |
U |
U |
504.1 |
589.3 |
599.7 |
Rail |
211.4 |
224.8 |
220.5 |
38.3 |
33.8 |
33.3 |
1,424.9 |
1,549.6 |
1,610.9 |
Road |
164.6 |
184.4 |
200.5 |
346.9 |
404.2 |
422.5 |
2,589.0 |
3,429.0 |
3,578.0 |
aCommercially navigable.
KEY: NA = Not applicable. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
Canada
Road: Includes only activity of Canadian domiciled for-hire carriers
with annual intercity revenues greater than or equal to 1 millionCanadian dollars;
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
Road: Data are for intercity for-hire and private truck only.
Pipeline: Data are for both oil pipelines and natural gas.
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 StatisticsCanada 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 Estadísticas 1990, 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 Departmentof 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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