U.S. Freight on the Move: Highlights from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey Preliminary Data

Margreta, Michael; Ford, Chester; Grube, Ryan

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U.S. Freight on the Move: Highlights from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey Preliminary Data

2014-08-01
By Margreta, Michael ; Ford, Chester ; Grube, Ryan
Series BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs

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Special Report: U.S. Freight on the Move: Highlights from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey Preliminary Data
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Margreta, Michael ; Ford, Chester ; Grube, Ryan
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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OST-R-140717-002
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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https://doi.org/10.21949/1520975
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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According to preliminary estimates from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), nearly 11.7 billion tons of freight, valued at $13.6 trillion, was transported about 3.3 trillion ton-miles in 2012 by shippers in manufacturing, wholesale trade, and mining in the United States. Said another way, on a typical day in 2012, 32.0 million tons of goods, valued at $37.3 billion, moved nearly 9.1 billion ton-miles2 on the Nation's transportation network.
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