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Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002

Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002

(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only)

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Figure 3 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 2002. If you are a user with disability and cannot view this image, use the table version. If you need further assistance, call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov.

NOTE: Shipments are grouped into distance categories based on Great Circle Distance (GCD), GCD is the shortest distance between 2 points on the surface of a sphere.
Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the 1993 and 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, December 2004.