This statistic gives a breakdown of the U.S. freight movement mode split in 2045, by tonnage. It is expected that around 1.9 billion tons will be transported by railroad in the United States in 2045.
Total estimated weight of U.S. shipments by transportation mode in 2045 (in million tons)*
* Includes export and import shipments that move domestically by a different mode than the mode used between the port and foreign location.
Domestic shipments, exports and imports. Data do not include imports and exports that pass through the United States from a foreign origin to a foreign destination by any mode.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (September 30, 2019). Total estimated weight of U.S. shipments by transportation mode in 2045 (in million tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Total estimated weight of U.S. shipments by transportation mode in 2045 (in million tons)*." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2019). Total estimated weight of U.S. shipments by transportation mode in 2045 (in million tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Total Estimated Weight of U.S. Shipments by Transportation Mode in 2045 (in Million Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Total estimated weight of U.S. shipments by transportation mode in 2045 (in million tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Total estimated weight of U.S. shipments by transportation mode in 2045 (in million tons)* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, September 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/