Freight Facts and Figures 2012

Table 3-2. Number of U.S. Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances: 1980–2009 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Highway¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	254,403,081	255,917,664	254,212,610
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,116,672	8,288,046	8,356,097
Truck, combination	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,635,347	2,585,229	2,617,118
Truck, total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,752,019	10,873,275	10,973,215
Trucks as percent of all highway vehicles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.2	4.2	4.3
Rail
Class I, locomotive	28,094	18,835	20,028	19,745	20,506	20,774	22,015	22,779	23,732	24,143	24,003	24,045
Class I, freight cars²	1,168,114	658,902	560,154	499,860	477,751	467,063	473,773	474,839	475,415	460,172	450,297	416,180
Non-class I freight cars²	102,161	103,527	132,448	125,470	130,590	124,580	120,169	120,195	120,688	120,463	109,487	108,233
Car companies and shippers freight cars²	440,552	449,832	688,194	688,806	691,329	687,337	693,978	(R) 721,488	(R) 765,147	805,074	833,188	839,020
Water	38,788	39,445	41,354	41,588	41,002	39,983	40,290	41,028	41,109	40,695	40,301	40,109
Nonself-propelled vessels³	31,662	31,209	33,152	33,042	32,381	31,335	31,296	32,052	32,211	31,654	31,238	31,008
Self-propelled vessels⁴	7,126	8,236	8,202	8,546	8,621	8,648	8,994	8,976	8,898	9,041	9,063	9,101

Key: R = revised

¹Based on a new methodology, FHWA revised its annual vehicle miles travelled, number of vehicles, and fuel economy data beginning with 2007. Information on the new methodology is available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Data in this table should not be compared to those in previous editions of Freight Facts and Figures.

²Beginning with 2001 data, Canadian-owned U.S. railroads are excluded. Canadian-owned U.S. railroads accounted for over 46,000 freight cars in 2000.

³Nonself-propelled vessels include dry-cargo barges, tank barges, and railroad-car floats.

⁴Self-propelled vessels include dry cargo, passenger, off-shore support, tankers, and towboats.

Sources:

Highway: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: annual issues), table VM-1, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2009/ as of October 5, 2011.

Rail: Locomotive: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: annual issues). Freight cars: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Equipment Report (Washington, DC: annual issues).

Water: Nonself-propelled vessels and self-propelled vessels: U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States, Volume 1, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: annual issues).

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