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The report is available online at: http://www.bts.gov/publications/freight_shipments_in_america/ Some interesting tidbits: Ton mile share of commercial freight activity 1993 - 2002 1993 Rail - 26.5% Truck - 25.6% Multimodal - 4.6% 1997 Rail - 27.3% Truck - 28.4% Multimodal - 5.4% 2002 Rail - 27.8% Truck - 32.1% Multimodal - 5.0% Other stats - % of freight as measured by weight Rail - 16% (1.9 billion tons) Truck - 66% (7.8 billion tons) % of freight as measured by value Rail - 4% ($310 billion) Truck - 75% ($6.2 trillion) The next report will be out for 2007. The question is, will rail's share of commercial freight movement get out of its rut? One thing is apparent, to the degree that the relative efforts at deregulation have affected the modes, it seems trucking deregulation has had a more positive effect on trucking than Staggers has had on railroading. Of course, trucking deregulation resulted in more competitive choice for shippers, railroad partial deregulation did not. That might explain why rairoading has not increased its share of freight movement in this country.
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