* 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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U.S. shipments - estimated total weight by transportation mode 2045
This statistic gives a breakdown of the U.S. freight movement mode split in 2045, by tonnage. It is expected that around *** billion tons will be transported by railroad in the United States in 2045.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /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)*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /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)*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 30 Sep 2019, /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)* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
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: /statistics/194531/total-estimated-weight-of-us-shipments-by-transportation-mode-2040/
