1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
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Air carrier, domestic, all services | 2,178 | 3,691 | 7,180 | 12,020 | 26,440 | 37,629 | 57,961 | 56,165 | 57,654 | 63,233 | 65,949 | 70,885 | 76,891 | 82,250 | 86,494 | 90,931 | 98,896 | 86,511 | 79,501 | 89,011 | 101,000 | 112,053 | 121,087 | 124,604 | 129,795 | 109,749 | 120,944 | 122,754 |
Truckinga | N | N | N | N | N | N | 127,314 | 126,772 | 135,437 | 142,547 | 155,713 | 161,806 | 172,743 | 183,153 | 197,314 | 207,751 | 223,197 | 221,355 | 222,383 | 228,204 | 247,866 | 266,996 | 286,211 | 295,710 | 300,945 | 250,309 | 266,238 | 294,408 |
Class I bus, intercity | 463 | 607 | 722 | 955 | 1,397 | 1,233 | 943 | 981 | 938 | 928 | 870 | 917 | 912 | 996 | 999 | 1,014 | 1,088 | 1,076 | 1,070 | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Transitb | 1,407 | 1,444 | 1,707 | 3,451 | 6,510 | 12,195 | 16,053 | 16,533 | 16,915 | 17,276 | 17,968 | 18,241 | 17,964 | 18,357 | 19,124 | 20,576 | 21,979 | 23,725 | 24,186 | 25,826 | 27,089 | 28,828 | 32,186 | 33,762 | 36,502 | 37,490 | 37,776 | 39,676 |
Class I rail | 9,514 | 10,208 | 11,992 | 16,402 | 28,258 | 27,586 | 28,370 | 27,845 | 28,349 | 28,825 | 30,809 | 32,279 | 32,693 | 33,118 | 33,151 | 33,521 | 34,102 | 34,576 | 35,327 | 36,639 | 40,517 | 46,118 | 52,152 | 54,600 | 61,243 | 47,849 | 58,406 | 67,367 |
Intercity /Amtrakc | N | N | N | 253 | 454 | 832 | 1,308 | 1,347 | 1,320 | 1,400 | 1,409 | 1,490 | 1,550 | 1,669 | 2,244 | 2,011 | 2,111 | 2,109 | 2,228 | 2,074 | 1,865 | 1,886 | 2,043 | 2,153 | 2,453 | 2,353 | 2,513 | 2,707 |
Water transportation (domestic)d | U | U | U | U | U | U | 11,532 | U | U | U | U | 11,093 | 10,491 | 9,670 | 9,184 | 8,966 | 8,819 | 8,512 | 8,365 | 8,308 | 8,482 | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Oil pipelinee | U | U | U | U | U | U | 13,443 | U | U | U | U | 11,482 | 11,289 | 10,951 | 10,166 | 10,713 | 11,077 | 11,271 | 11,303 | 11,178 | 11,841 | 7,917 | 8,517 | 8,996 | 9,244 | 9,987 | 11,219 | 12,562 |
Gas pipeline (investor-owned)f | 8,700 | 11,500 | 16,400 | 30,551 | 85,918 | 103,945 | 66,027 | 63,922 | 66,405 | 69,965 | 63,430 | 58,435 | 72,025 | U | 57,548 | 59,142 | 72,075 | 79,276 | 68,594 | 75,567 | 80,331 | 102,061 | 97,197 | 97,236 | 109,600 | 87,457 | 84,362 | 79,797 |
Transmission companies | 3,190 | 4,088 | 5,928 | 11,898 | 41,604 | 45,738 | 21,756 | 19,818 | 20,193 | 19,873 | 13,841 | 12,092 | 12,050 | 10,339 | 9,450 | 9,555 | 10,404 | 10,257 | 10,096 | 10,892 | 11,313 | 16,547 | 15,364 | 15,846 | 18,186 | 13,127 | 12,188 | 12,948 |
Distribution companies | N | N | N | 5,938 | 14,013 | 21,510 | 18,750 | 17,812 | 19,854 | 20,307 | 20,911 | 19,421 | 30,407 | 30,864 | 28,182 | 28,135 | 34,696 | 39,179 | 31,210 | 38,199 | 40,410 | 51,022 | 48,942 | 46,064 | 56,092 | 44,937 | 44,624 | 40,514 |
Integrated companies | N | N | N | 6,962 | 17,300 | 17,396 | 10,117 | 11,047 | 10,279 | 12,506 | 11,827 | 10,899 | 11,941 | 12,125 | 2,974 | 3,086 | 3,755 | 4,184 | 3,150 | 3,753 | 2,424 | 2,803 | 2,698 | 2,940 | 2,900 | 2,606 | 2,295 | 2,448 |
Combination companies | N | N | N | 5,753 | 13,001 | 19,301 | 15,404 | 15,245 | 16,079 | 17,279 | 16,851 | 16,023 | 17,627 | U | 16,942 | 18,366 | 23,220 | 25,656 | 24,138 | 22,723 | 26,184 | 31,689 | 30,193 | 32,386 | 32,422 | 26,787 | 25,255 | 23,887 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Data from 1990 through 1997 include local trucking (4212), trucking, except local (4213), local trucking, without storage (4214), and courier services, except air (4215) based on SIC (Standard Industrial Classification). For 1998 and later, data includes truck transportation (484) and couriers and messengers (492) based on NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). Therefore, data from 1998 onward are not directly comparable with data prior to 1998.
b Excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, urban boat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems prior to 1984. Includes operating assistance.
cAmtrak began operations in 1971.
d Includes foreign traffic moving on domestic inland waterways.
eOil pipeline revenues are much smaller than gas pipeline revenues because oil pipeline companies are common carriers that include transportation costs only.
f Data are not directly comparable from year to year due to acquisition and mergers. Prior to 1975, pipeline companies are not categorized by distribution, integrated, or combination. Total numbers for these companies are 1960 = 5,505; 1965 = 7,437; 1970 = 10,542. In 1997, the American Gas Association revised the database that identifies companies by type (distribution, integrated, or transmission). This reclassification of companies has resulted in numerous additions to the distribution company sample, in particular from the integrated company sample.
NOTE
Eno Transportation Foundation has revised their methodologies for calculating water transportation and oil pipeline data series starting in 1990.
SOURCES
Air carrier, domestic, all services:
1960-70: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974).
1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 1.
1985-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December Issues).
2002-11: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, TranStats Database, Air Carrier Financial Reports, Schedule P-1.1 and Schedule P-1.2, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/databases.asp?Mode_ID=1&Mode_Desc=Aviation&... as of Dec. 18, 2013.
Trucking:
1990-97: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Transportation Annual Survey, 1998 (Washington, DC: January 2000), table 1.
1998-2011: Ibid., Service Annual Survey (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2, available at http://www.census.gov/services/ as of Dec. 17, 2013.
Intercity Class I bus:
1960-93: Interstate Commerce Commission, Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
1994-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class 1 Motor Carriers of Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
1997-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class 1 Motor Carriers of Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/forms/reporting/prod.htm as of May 31, 2011.
2002: Ibid., personal communication, Oct. 6, 2004.
Transit:
1960-95: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book, 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), table 50 and similar tables in earlier editions.
1996-2011: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, Data Tables (Washington, D.C.: Annual Reports), tables 1, 26 and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of Dec. 18, 2013.
Class I rail:
1960-2011: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 10 and similar tables in earlier editions.
Intercity/Amtrak:
1975-80: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication.
1985-2004: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
2005-11: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues) available at http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=AM_Content_C&pagename=am%2... as of Dec. 17, 2013.
Water transportation:
1990-2004: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 32.
Oil pipeline:
1990-2004: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 32.
2005-11: PennWell Corporation, Oil and Gas Journal: Special Report - Pipeline Economics (Houston, TX: September 2012), p 127.
Gas pipeline:
1960-2011: American Gas Association, Gas Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4, and similar tables in earlier editions.