Volume of Domestic Intercity Freight and Passenger Traffic, by Type of Transport statistics


	Traffic volume					Traffic volume					Traffic volume					Traffic volume				Percent distribution					Percent distribution
Type of transport
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997		1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
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Freight traffic, total	2,487	2,430	2,252	2,337	2,515	2,458	2,499	2,642	2,774	2,807	2,895	2,906	3,023	3,105	3,261	3,407	3,540	3,622		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Railroads	932	924	810	841	935	895	889	972	1,028	1,048	1,091	1,100	1,138	1,183	1,275	1,375	1,426	1,421		38.0	36.0	36.0	37.2	36.4	35.6	36.8	37.1	37.3	37.7
Truck:
ICC truck	242	241	218	229	252	250	259	276	293	302	311	320	342	365	391	401	428	466		9.9	9.7	9.8	10.0	10.2	10.4	10.4	10.6	10.8	10.7
Non-ICC truck	313	286	302	346	354	360	373	387	407	414	424	438	473	496	517	520	549	585		11.8	13.4	14.8	14.1	14.6	14.9	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.6
Water:
Rivers/canals	311	312	288	291	317	306	325	338	353	363	390	387	393	373	388	406	408	413		12.8	12.8	12.5	12.6	12.4	13.0	12.8	12.7	12.9	13.5
Great Lakes	96	98	63	68	82	76	68	73	83	86	85	72	77	83	87	91	90	95		4.0	2.8	2.9	3.3	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.0	3.1	2.9
Oil pipelines	588	564	566	556	568	564	578	587	601	584	584	579	589	593	591	601	631	628		23.2	25.1	23.8	22.6	22.9	23.1	22.2	21.7	20.8	20.2
Domestic airways ¹	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	14		0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4

	0	0	0	0	0	1	320	341	347	348	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#��!	#��!	#��!	0	19	19	18	18	0
Passenger traffic, total	1,468	1,469	1,490	1,525	1,577	1,636	1,724	1,806	1,878	1,936	2,034	2,069	2,143	2,197	2,282	2,337	2,405	2,476		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Private automobiles	1,210	1,215	1,226	1,244	1,277	1,310	1,368	1,430	1,495	1,551	1,639	1,682	1,742	1,786	1,842	1,881	1,917	1,968		82.7	82.3	81.6	81.0	80.1	79.4	79.2	79.6	80.1	80.6
Air, private carrier ²	15	216	227	245	264	12	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	13	12	11	11	10	10	11	13		14.7	15.2	16.1	16.7	0.8	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	0.6
Air, public carrier	204	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	278	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	346	338	354	362	388	404	435	453		0.0	#��!	#��!	#��!	17.0	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	17.0
Bus ³	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	25	28	28	29	30		1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1
Railroads ⁴	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	14		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6

1 Revenue service only for scheduled and non-scheduled carriers, with small section 418 all-cargo carriers included from 1980. Includes express, mail, and excess baggage. express, mail, and excess baggage.
2 Includes general aviation (mostly private business) flying.
3 Excludes school and urban transit buses.
4 Includes intercity (Amtrak) and rail commuter service.

Source: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Lansdowne VA, Transportation in America, annual (copyright). http://www.enotrans.com/

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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