Mode,Value (million dollars),Tons (thousands),Ton miles (millions),Value (percent),Tons (percent),Ton miles (percent),Value per ton (dollars),Value per pound (dollars),Ton miles per ton
CFS plus ORNL estimates:,"6,123,832","12,157,105","3,627,919",100,100,100,$503.70 ,$0.25 ,298
"Parcel, postal, courier service","563,277","18,892","13,151",9.2,0.2,0.4,"$29,815.60 ",$14.91 ,696
"Truck (for-hire, private, both)","4,403,495","6,385,915","869,536",71.9,52.5,24,$689.60 ,$0.34 ,136
Air (including truck and air),"139,087","3,139","4,009",2.3,0,0.1,"$44,309.30 ",$22.15 ,"1,277"
Rail,"247,394","1,544,148","942,561",4,12.7,26,160.2,$0.08 ,610
Water,"64,077","518,912","271,981",1,4.3,7.5,$123.50 ,$0.06 ,524
Pipeline,"89,849","483,645",-,1.5,4,-,$185.80 ,$0.09 ,-
Truck and rail,"$83,082 ","40,624","37,675",1.4,0.3,1,"$2,045.10 ",$1.02 ,927
Other intermodal combinations (a),"13,382","148,883","185,030",0.2,1.2,5.1,$89.90 ,$0.04 ,"1,243"
Other and unknown,"242,691","544,335","96,972",4,4.5,2.7,445.8,$0.22 ,178
ORNL estimates:,,,,,,,,,
Water (not in CFS),"187,085","1,609,309","614,104",3.1,13.2,16.9,116.3,$0.06 ,382
Pipeline (not in CFS),"$90,413 ","859,303","592,900",1.5,7.1,16.3,$105.20 ,$0.05 ,690
Intermodal (b) total,"$659,741 ","208,399","235,856",10.8,1.7,6.5,"$3,165.80 ",$1.58 ,"1,132"
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- Data do not meet publication standards.,,,,,,,,,
"a This includes truck and water, rail and water, and other combinations.",,,,,,,,,
"b Intermodal is a combination of parcel, postal or courier; truck and rail; truck and water, rail and water; and other intermodal. It excludes truck and air which is added to air transportation.",,,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey: United States, TC92-CF-52, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory estimates. (Washington, DC: 1996).",,,,,,,,,