U.S. Inter-City Freight
Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Comment: Is it any wonder that the highways are so congested when inter-city truck freight grows at over 5% a year and interstate lane-mileage grows at only 0.5% a year?
| Year | Water |
Rail |
Truck | Pipeline | Air |
Total |
Total Interstate Lane-Miles (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1960 |
|
572 |
285 |
229 |
1 |
1,562 |
|
|
1965 |
490 |
698 |
359 |
306 |
1 |
1,854 |
|
|
1970 |
596 |
765 |
412 |
431 |
3 |
2,207 |
|
|
1975 |
566 |
754 |
454 |
507 |
3 |
2,285 |
|
|
1980 |
922 |
919 |
555 |
588 |
5 |
2,988 |
179 |
|
1985 |
893 |
877 |
610 |
564 |
5 |
2,949 |
189 |
|
1990 |
834 |
1,034 |
735 |
584 |
9 |
3,196 |
198 |
|
1991 |
848 |
1,039 |
758 |
579 |
9 |
3,233 |
199 |
|
1992 |
857 |
1,067 |
815 |
589 |
10 |
3,337 |
200 |
|
1993 |
790 |
1,109 |
861 |
593 |
11 |
3,364 |
201 |
|
1994 |
815 |
1,221 |
988 |
591 |
12 |
3,627 |
202 |
|
1995 |
808 |
1,317 |
1,034 |
601 |
13 |
3,773 |
203 |
|
1996 |
765 |
1,377 |
1,062 |
619 |
14 |
3,837 |
204 |
|
1997 |
707 |
1,391 |
1,111 |
617 |
14 |
3,840 |
205 |
|
1998 |
673 |
1,448 |
1,140 |
620 |
14 |
3,895 |
206 |
|
1999 |
656 |
1,503 |
1,176 |
618 |
15 |
3,968 |
207 |
|
2000 |
646 |
1,467 |
1,193 |
577 |
16 |
3,899 |
209 |
|
2001 |
622 |
1,546 |
1,213 |
576 |
13 |
3,970 |
210 |
|
2002 |
612 |
1,605 |
1,245 |
586 |
14 |
4,062 |
210 |
|
2003 |
606 |
1,604 |
1,265 |
590 |
15 |
4,080 |
210 |
|
2004 |
621 |
1,684 |
1,315 |
600 |
16 |
4,236 |
211 |
|
2005 |
|
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|
|
|
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|
2006 |
|
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|
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2007 |
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