RITA | BTS | Table 1-50: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation) (Millions)

Table 1-50: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight (BTS Special Tabulation) (Millions)

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
TOTAL U.S. ton-miles of freight	3,403,914	3,366,875	3,195,481	3,251,875	3,340,129	3,313,853	3,328,265	3,474,497	3,597,014	3,567,788	3,621,806	3,635,965	3,746,255	3,767,227	3,944,809	4,104,069	4,173,925	4,179,233	4,228,376	4,300,142	4,328,750	4,357,377	4,409,000	4,414,929	4,540,837	4,570,316	4,630,792	(R) 4,695,555	4,647,112	4,302,320
Air	4,840	5,090	5,140	5,870	6,500	6,710	7,340	8,670	9,330	10,210	10,420	9,960	10,990	11,540	12,030	12,720	13,760	13,900	14,140	14,500	15,810	13,288	13,837	15,231	16,451	15,745	15,361	15,142	13,774	12,027
Truck	629,574	630,798	646,589	673,913	706,782	716,693	735,095	774,798	800,729	828,375	848,643	867,799	890,088	927,831	987,764	1,033,875	1,061,781	1,110,376	1,139,594	1,176,199	1,192,633	1,213,013	1,245,342	1,264,570	1,281,367	1,291,308	1,291,244	(R) 1,403,538	1,429,296	1,321,396
Railroad	932,000	924,000	810,000	841,000	900,091	876,209	891,235	951,940	1,025,683	1,045,628	1,064,408	1,041,929	1,098,379	1,135,016	1,221,073	1,317,010	1,377,095	1,391,089	1,448,352	1,503,665	1,546,319	1,599,332	1,605,532	1,603,564	1,684,407	1,733,329	1,855,902	1,819,633	1,729,737	1,582,093
Domestic water transportation	921,835	929,413	886,469	919,566	887,719	892,971	873,401	895,415	890,029	815,550	833,544	848,399	856,683	789,657	814,917	807,728	764,687	707,410	672,795	655,861	645,799	621,687	612,080	606,146	621,170	591,276	561,629	553,143	520,494	477,122
Coastwise	631,149	634,765	632,707	649,750	593,923	610,977	580,889	586,818	561,595	483,889	479,134	502,133	502,311	448,404	457,600	440,345	408,086	349,843	314,864	292,730	283,872	274,559	263,688	278,919	279,857	263,464	227,155	228,052	207,877	196,290
Lakewise	61,747	62,148	35,623	43,088	49,784	48,184	43,198	50,077	58,160	58,308	60,930	55,339	55,784	56,438	58,263	59,704	58,335	62,166	61,654	57,045	57,879	50,854	53,653	47,539	55,733	51,924	53,105	51,893	50,236	33,509
Internal	227,343	231,184	217,027	225,628	242,855	232,708	248,117	257,336	269,036	272,157	292,393	289,959	297,638	283,894	297,762	306,329	296,791	294,023	294,896	304,724	302,558	294,861	293,410	278,352	284,096	274,367	279,778	271,607	260,960	244,995
Intraport	1,596	1,316	1,112	1,100	1,157	1,102	1,197	1,184	1,238	1,196	1,087	968	950	921	1,292	1,350	1,475	1,378	1,381	1,362	1,490	1,413	1,329	1,336	1,484	1,521	1,591	1,591	1,421	2,327
Pipeline	915,666	877,574	847,284	811,526	839,037	821,270	821,195	843,673	871,243	868,025	864,792	867,878	890,114	903,183	909,025	932,737	956,602	956,458	953,495	949,917	928,189	910,057	932,209	925,418	937,442	938,659	906,656	904,101	(R) 953,812	909,682
Oil and oil products	588,000	564,000	566,000	556,000	568,000	564,000	578,000	587,000	601,000	584,000	584,100	578,500	588,800	592,900	591,400	601,100	619,200	616,500	619,800	617,700	577,300	576,100	586,200	590,200	599,600	607,500	581,300	557,700	(R) 605,700	568,400
Natural Gas	327,666	313,574	281,284	255,526	271,037	257,270	243,195	256,673	270,243	284,025	280,692	289,378	301,314	310,283	317,625	331,637	337,402	339,958	333,695	332,217	350,889	333,957	346,009	335,218	337,842	331,159	325,356	346,401	348,112	341,282

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES

BTS developed a more comprehensive and reliable estimates of ton-miles for the Air, Truck, Rail, Water, and Pipeline modes than are presented in table 1-49. These improved estimates are not comparable to data in table 1-49.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), special tabulation.

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