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Table 1-46a M: U.S. Tonne-Kilometers of Freight
(Millions)
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TOTAL
U.S. tonne-kilometers of freight (millions) |
U |
2,706,838 |
3,221,739 |
3,335,607 |
4,363,158 |
4,306,056 |
(R)
4,839,335 |
(R)
4,888,912 |
(R)
4,990,309 |
(R)
5,020,175 |
(R)
5,277,541 |
(R)
5,502,687 |
(R)
5,582,528 |
(R)
5,555,831 |
(R)
5,594,959 |
(R)
5,704,438 |
(R)
5,704,172 |
(R)
5,738,487 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Air carrier, domestic,
all servicesa |
807 |
1,975 |
3,955 |
5,066 |
6,611 |
7,528 |
13,233 |
12,935 |
14,337 |
15,585 |
17,232 |
18,279 |
18,777 |
19,857 |
20,206 |
20,735 |
21,874 |
19,400 |
20,267 |
22,236 |
24,019 |
(R) 22,982 |
22,421 |
22,043 |
Intercity truckb |
416,092 |
524,130 |
601,508 |
662,827 |
810,284 |
890,583 |
(R) 1,246,816 |
(R) 1,276,016 |
(R) 1,308,135 |
(R) 1,366,534 |
(R) 1,454,132 |
(R) 1,521,291 |
(R) 1,563,630 |
(R) 1,633,709 |
(R) 1,677,508 |
(R) 1,731,527 |
(R) 1,756,346 |
(R) 1,787,006 |
1,832,265 |
1,845,405 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Class I rail |
835,555 |
1,018,882 |
1,116,600 |
1,101,187 |
1,341,653 |
1,280,372 |
1,509,566 |
1,516,728 |
1,557,470 |
1,619,560 |
1,752,990 |
1,906,268 |
1,979,686 |
1,969,394 |
2,010,092 |
2,092,813 |
2,140,261 |
2,183,347 |
2,200,194 |
2,265,056 |
2,427,347 |
2,476,733 |
2,586,920 |
2,584,946 |
Domestic water
transportationc,d |
U |
715,099 |
870,428 |
826,321 |
1,345,855 |
1,303,711 |
1,216,951 |
1,238,639 |
1,250,736 |
1,152,878 |
1,189,759 |
1,179,260 |
1,116,421 |
1,032,799 |
982,262 |
957,539 |
942,849 |
907,644 |
893,620 |
884,957 |
906,891 |
863,248 |
819,962 |
U |
Coastwise |
U |
441,708 |
525,275 |
461,126 |
921,460 |
892,009 |
699,522 |
733,100 |
733,360 |
654,658 |
668,084 |
642,892 |
595,794 |
510,761 |
459,692 |
427,378 |
414,445 |
400,848 |
384,977 |
407,213 |
408,584 |
384,650 |
331,640 |
U |
Lakewise |
U |
110,838 |
115,946 |
100,033 |
90,149 |
70,347 |
88,956 |
80,794 |
81,444 |
82,398 |
85,063 |
87,166 |
85,168 |
90,760 |
90,014 |
83,284 |
84,502 |
74,245 |
78,332 |
69,406 |
81,369 |
75,808 |
77,532 |
U |
Internal |
U |
160,161 |
227,487 |
263,378 |
331,914 |
339,746 |
426,886 |
423,332 |
434,544 |
414,477 |
434,725 |
447,232 |
433,306 |
429,265 |
430,540 |
444,889 |
441,727 |
430,489 |
428,371 |
406,387 |
414,772 |
400,568 |
408,468 |
U |
Intraport |
U |
2,392 |
1,721 |
1,785 |
2,331 |
1,609 |
1,587 |
1,413 |
1,387 |
1,346 |
1,887 |
1,970 |
2,153 |
2,012 |
2,016 |
1,989 |
2,176 |
2,063 |
1,940 |
1,950 |
2,167 |
2,221 |
2,323 |
U |
Oil pipelined |
334,334 |
446,751 |
629,248 |
740,206 |
858,756 |
823,862 |
852,770 |
844,594 |
859,632 |
865,617 |
863,427 |
877,589 |
904,015 |
900,073 |
904,891 |
901,825 |
842,842 |
841,090 |
855,836 |
861,675 |
875,399 |
U |
U |
U |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Includes freight, express, and mail revenue ton-miles as reported on U.S. DOT Form 41.
b Methodology was changed in 1990 for intercity trucks. Therefore figures prior to 1990 are not comparable to those after 1990.
c Excludes intraterritorial traffic, for which ton-miles were not compiled.
d The large increase between1975 and 1980 was a result of a new Alaska pipeline and consequent water transportation of crude petroleum from Alaskan ports to mainland United States for refining.
NOTES
Numbers may not add to totals due to roundings.1.459972 tonne-kilometers = 1 ton-mile.
SOURCES
Air carrier, domestic, all services:
1960-65: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook
of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC:
1970).
1970-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic
Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
p. 2, line 3.
1985-2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 3, line 3.
Intercity truck:
Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
in America, 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), p.
40.
Class I rail:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad
Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 27.
Domestic water transportation:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne
Commerce of the U.S. (New Orleans, LA: Annual
issues), part 5, section 1, table 1-4, and similar tables in earlier editions
available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of December
2008.
Oil pipeline:
1960-70: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 44.
1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts
in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC:
Annual issues), table 4.
1980-2004: Ibid., Shifts in Petroleum
Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual
issues), table 1.
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