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Table 3-22: Total Operating Revenues (Current $ millions)

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  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
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.