RITA | BTS | Table 1-58: Freight Activity in the United States: 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2007

Table 1-58: Freight Activity in the United States: 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2007

Mode of transportation	Value (billion $)					Tons (millions)					Ton-miles^c (billions)
Mode of transportation	1993	1997	2002	(R) 2007	Percent change (1997-2007)^d	1993	1997	2002	(R) 2007	Percent change (1997-2007)^d	1993	1997	2002	(R) 2007	Percent change (1997-2007)^d
TOTAL all modes	5,846	6,944	8,397	11,685	68.3	9,688	11,090	11,668	12,543	13.1	2,421	2,661	3,138	3,345	25.7
Single modes, total	4,941	5,720	7,049	9,539	66.8	8,922	10,437	11,087	11,698	12.1	2,137	2,383	2,868	2,894	21.4
Truck^a	4,403	4,982	6,235	8,336	67.3	6,386	7,701	7,843	8,779	14.0	870	1,024	1,256	1,342	31.1
For-hire truck	2,625	2,901	3,757	4,956	70.8	2,808	3,403	3,657	4,075	19.8	629	741	960	1,056	42.4
Private truck	1,756	2,037	2,445	3,380	66.0	3,544	4,137	4,150	4,704	13.7	236	269	291	286	6.7
Rail	247	320	311	436	36.5	1,544	1,550	1,874	1,861	20.1	943	1,023	1,262	1,344	31.4
Water	62	76	89	115	51.5	505	563	681	404	-28.4	272	262	283	157	-39.9
Shallow draft	41	54	57	91	68.8	362	415	459	343	-17.2	164	189	212	117	-37.9
Great Lakes	S	2	1	S	U	33	38	38	18	-53.7	12	13	14	7	-48.7
Deep draft	20	20	31	23	12.8	110	110	185	43	-61.4	95	59	57	33	-44.2
Air (includes truck and air)	139	229	265	252	10.1	3	4	4	4	-19.3	4	6	6	5	-27.6
Pipeline^b	90	113	149	400	252.1	484	618	685	651	5.3	S	S	S	S	S
Multiple modes, total	663	946	1,079	1,867	97.4	226	217	217	574	164.8	191	205	226	417	103.7
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service or courier	563	856	988	1,562	82.5	19	24	26	34	43.1	13	18	19	28	55.4
Truck and rail	83	76	70	187	147.4	41	54	43	226	315.9	38	56	46	197	254.2
Truck and water	9	8	14	58	608.5	68	33	23	146	338.1	41	35	32	98	183.0
Rail and water	4	2	3	14	684.4	79	79	105	55	-30.8	70	78	115	47	-39.3
Other multiple modes	3	4	4	45	961.6	19	26	20	114	333.7	S	19	14	46	149.4
Other / unknown modes, total	242	279	269	279	0.2	541	437	365	272	-37.8	93	73	44	34	-54.0

KEY: R = revised; S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons; U = data are unavailable.

^a Truck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both.
^b 1993 and 1997 data exclude most shipments of crude oil. 2002 and 2007 data exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
^c Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
^d Percent change has been revised in conjuction with 2007 data.

NOTES
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. Coverage for the 2002 and 2007 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) differs from the previous surveys due to a change from the 1997 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and other survey improvements. The 2007 estimates are derived using an improved methodology of estimation.

SOURCES
1993 and 1997: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: United States (Washington, DC: December 1999), table 1b.
2002: U.S Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: United States (Washington, DC: December 2004), table 1a.
2007: U.S Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2007 Commodity Flow Survey: United States, Final Release (Washington, DC: December 2009), table 1, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/commodity_flow_survey/ as of December 28, 2009.

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