Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Table 5-10. Energy Intensities of Domestic Freight Transportation Modes: 1980-2007 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Highway (Btu per vehicle mile)	24,757	22,795	23,448	23,023	23,461	22,461	20,540	22,866	(R) 23,340	23,238
Railroad (Class I) (Btu per freight car mile)	18,742	16,619	14,917	15,108	15,003	15,016	15,274	15,152	14,990	14,846
Railroad (Class I) (Btu per ton mile)	597	420	352	346	345	344	341	337	330	320
Domestic water (Btu per ton mile)	358	387	473	460	470	417	510	513	571	NA

Key: Btu = British thermal unit; R = revised; NA = not available.

Source:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 28 (Oak Ridge, TN: annual issues), table 2.16, available at cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtml as of August 20, 2009.

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