U.S. Inter-City Freight Revenues (Cents per Ton-Mile)
Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation
It costs more than 30 times as much to send freight by truck as it does to send it by barge.
| Year |
Barge |
Pipeline | Rail | Truck | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1960 |
|
0.32 |
1.40 |
6.31 |
22.80 |
|
1965 |
0.35 |
0.28 |
1.27 |
6.46 |
20.46 |
|
1970 |
0.30 |
0.27 |
1.43 |
8.50 |
21.91 |
|
1975 |
0.52 |
0.37 |
2.04 |
11.60 |
28.22 |
|
1980 |
0.77 |
1.33 |
2.87 |
18.00 |
46.31 |
|
1985 |
0.80 |
1.57 |
3.04 |
22.90 |
48.77 |
|
1990 |
0.76 |
1.46 |
2.66 |
24.38 |
64.64 |
|
1991 |
0.78 |
1.40 |
2.59 |
24.82 |
64.82 |
|
1992 |
0.76 |
1.45 |
2.58 |
23.08 |
64.10 |
|
1993 |
0.76 |
1.43 |
2.52 |
24.95 |
71.38 |
|
1994 |
0.74 |
1.47 |
2.49 |
25.01 |
72.23 |
|
1995 |
0.73 |
1.51 |
2.40 |
25.08 |
76.50 |
|
1996 |
0.73 |
1.40 |
2.35 |
26.00 |
81.50 |
|
1997 |
0.74 |
1.40 |
2.40 |
26.12 |
79.80 |
|
1998 |
0.74 |
1.38 |
2.34 |
26.19 |
82.70 |
|
1999 |
0.74 |
1.46 |
2.28 |
26.20 |
80.90 |
|
2000 |
0.73 |
1.45 |
2.26 |
27.00 |
78.00 |
|
2001 |
0.72 |
1.47 |
2.24 |
26.60 |
80.40 |
|
2002 |
|
|
2.26 |
|
60.80 |
|
2003 |
|
|
2.28 |
|
53.20 |
|
2004 |
|
|
2.35 |
|
59.40 |