Short Line Rail: Its Role in Intermodalism and Distribution

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Table 3.1: Metro Areas with Three or More Highway Interchange
Bottlenecks for Trucks, 2004……………………………………………………… 21
Table 3.2: Metropolitan Areas with Short Line & Regional Railroads………………… 29
Table 3.3: Metropolitan Areas with Short Line & Regional Railroads “Inside
the Belt”……………………………………………………………………………... 31
Table 4.1: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight – 1960 – 2006…………………………………… 41
Table 4.2: Commercial Freight Activity in the U.S. by Mode: 2002………………….. 42
Table 4.3: Commodity Flow Survey Shipments by Transportation Mode: 1993
and 2002…………………………………………………………………………… 43
Table 4.4: Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity: 1993, 1997 and 2002…… 45
Table 4.5: The Spectrum of Freight Moved in 2002………………………………….. 47
Table 4.6: Share of Vehicles Mile of Travel by Highway System…………………… 52
Table 4.7: Weight of Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2002, 2007 and 2035… 55
Table 4.8: Value of Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2002, 2007 and 2035….. 55
Table 4.9: Domestic Mode of Exports and Imports by Tonnage and Value:
2002 and 2035…………………………………………………………………… 57
Table 5.1: U.S. Rail Total Carload and Intermodal Commodity Shipments: 2002.. 61
Table 6.1: Ten Most Populous Metropolitan Areas: 1950 to 2000…………………. 75
Table 6.2: Interim Projections: Total Population for Regions, Divisions and
States: 2000 to 2030…………………………………………………………….. 80
Table 6.3: Interim Projections: Change in Total Population for Regions,
Divisions and States: 2000 to 2030……………………………………………. 81
Table 6.4: Interim Projections: Percent Change in Population by Region –
2000 to 2030……………………………………………………………………… 83
Table 6.5: Interim Projections: Percent Distribution of Population Growth by
Region – 2000 to 2030………………………………………………………….. 83
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