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Creators:
Dennis, Scott M.
Corporate Creators:
United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Domestic Transportation
Freight Traffic
Freight Transportation
Statistics
Tables (Data)

Publication/ Report Number:
SR-002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1501503
Resource Type:
Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Abstract:
Domestic freight traffic carried by air, truck, rail, water, and pipeline totaled more than 4.5 trillion ton-miles in 2005—an increase of more than 350 billion over the 1996 total. This 8.7 percent growth in ton-miles, the primary physical measure of freight transportation output, reflects a 0.9 percent compound annual growth rate between 1996 and 2005, the latest year for which complete data are available. However, the overall growth masks some notable differences among modes, with ton-miles in three modes (rail, truck, and air) increasing while ton-miles in the other two modes (pipeline and water) declined over the 10-year span. While there was mostly year-to-year growth in overall ton-miles during the decade, it is estimated that total domestic ton-miles declined from 4.542 trillion in 2004 to 4.538 trillion in 2005, a decline of 0.1 percent. This preliminary estimate is essentially unchanged for 2005 relative to the previous year.
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