Table 2-2. Shipments by Mode and Value: 2002 and 2035 (Billions of Dollars)

The U.S. transportation system in 2002 moved, on average, 53 million tons of freight worth $36 billion each day. Trucks moved about 60 percent of freight by weight, the same proportion expected in 2035. However, over this period tons transported overall are expected to almost double with international shipments growing somewhat faster than domestic shipments. Trucks transported two-thirds of freight by value. This share is expected to decline slightly by 2035 as the value of intermodal shipments increases.

Table in Excel format

	2002 Total	2002 Domestic	2002 Exports3	2002 Imports3	2035 Total	2035 Domestic	2035 Exports3	2035 Imports3
Total	(P) 13,120	11,083	(P) 735	(P) 1,302	(P) 38,399	29,592	(P) 2,623	(P) 6,184
Truck	8,856	8,447	201	208	23,767	21,655	806	1,306
Rail	382	288	26	68	702	483	63	156
Water	103	76	13	13	151	103	31	18
Air, air & truck	(P) 663	162	(P) 226	(P) 275	(P) 2,455	721	(P) 778	(P) 955
Intermodal1	1,967	983	268	716	8,966	4,315	943	3,708
Pipeline and unknown2	1,149	1,127	1	22	2,357	2,315	1	41

Key: P = preliminary

¹Intermodal includes U.S. Postal Service and courier shipments and all intermodal combinations, except air and truck.
²Pipeline and unknown shipments are combined because data on region-to-region flows by pipeline are statistically uncertain.
³Data do not include imports and exports that pass through the United States from a foreign origin to a foreign destination by any mode.

Notes: Numbers may not add to total due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, 2006.