Sources
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrh
tml/rrhome.html
• http://www.bts.gov/publications/north_ame
rican_transportation_atlas_data/
• http://ntl.bts.gov/
• http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/State
Information.asp
Sources
• http://transweb.sjsu.edu/publications/terror
ism/Protect.htm
• http://www.transweb.sjsu.edu/press/Jenkin
sSenateTestimony.htm
• http://www.transweb.sjsu.edu/
Intemodal: Those issues or activities which involve or affect more than one mode of
transportation, including transportation connections, choices, cooperation and
coordination of various modes. Also known as "multimodal".
(transweb.sjsu.edu/comglos2.htm)
Houston Stats
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Houston City – 1,953,631
Houston County – 23,185
Houston TX PMSA – 4,177,646
Houston Galveston Brazoria – 4,669,571
South Houston – 15,833
US Census Bureau, 2002
Primary Metropolitan Statistics Area
Houston Stats
• Land Area of Houston MSA: 5995 sq miles
• Population Density (2000) 679 peo/sq mi
• Counties
– Chambers
– Fort Bend
– Harris
– Liberty
– Montgomery
– Walker
Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
http://recenter.tamu.edu/mreports01/houston.html
Highways
Dow: Largest petro chemical in western hemisphere
Shell: Largest refinery in us and strategic petroleum reserve
Exxon Mobile: Largest refinery in world
Vehicle Stats
• there are more than 735 non-local trucking
firms serving Houston
KET Enterprises Incorporated
http://www.ketent.com/TRANSPORTATION.htm
Other Highway Vehicle Stats
Average Economic Cost per Death, Injury, or Crash, 2003
Element
Death
Nonfatal Diasbling Injury
Property Damage Crash*
Cost/Incident
$1,120,000
$45,500
$8,200
* Includes non-disabling injuries
National Safety Council (NSC)
Estimating the Costs of Unintentional Injuries, 2003
Other Highway Vehicle Stats
Average Comprehensive Cost by Injury Severity, 2003*
Element
Death
Incapacitating injury
Nonincapacitating evident injury
Possible injury
No injury
Cost/Incident
$3,610,000
$181,000
$46,200
$22,000
$2,000
* Includes a measure of the value of lost quality of life
National Safety Council (NSC)
Estimating the Costs of Unintentional Injuries, 2003
Other Highway Vehicle Stats
• The costs are a measure of the dollars
spent and income not received due to
accidents, injuries, and fatalities.
National Safety Council (NSC)
Estimating the Costs of Unintentional Injuries, 2003
Railways
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BNSF - west
Norfolk Southern
Union Pacific – west
KCS: http://www.kcsi.com/pdf/system_map.pdf
Pennsylvania RR
Conrail
Canadian National - CN
Canadian Pacific
CSX Transportation – Connects the west with east
Amtrak
Association of American Railroads
Railways
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BNSF The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
CN Canadian National Railway (CN)
CP Canadian Pacific Railway
CSX CSX Transportation
FXE Ferrocarril Mexicano (Ferromex)
KCS Kansas City Southern Railway
NS Norfolk Southern
TFM TFM (a subsidiary of Grupo Transportación
Ferroviaria Mexicana)
• UP Union Pacific Railroad
BNSF, September 2003
BNSF, September 2003
BNSF, September 2003
BNSF, September 2003
Norfolk Southern, 2004
Norfolk Southern, 2004
Norfolk Southern, 2004
Union Pacific, November 2002
Union Pacific, November 2002
Union Pacific, November 2002
UP - USA
One of the Largest in the U.S.A.
Union Pacific Railroad is an operating subsidiary of Union Pacific Corporation
(NYSE:UNP). It is one of the largest railroads in North America, operating in the
western two-thirds of the United States. The system serves 23 states, linking every
major West Coast and Gulf Coast port. It also serves four major gateways to the east:
Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. UP is the primary rail connection
between the U.S. and Mexico. It interchanges traffic with the Canadian rail system.
The railroad has one of the most diversified commodity mixes in the industry,
including chemicals, coal, food and food products, forest products, grain and grain
products, intermodal, metals and minerals, and automobiles and parts.
Union Pacific's largest single customer is APL Limited, a steamship company that
operates in the Pacific. Second is General Motors, followed by an assortment of
chemical companies and utilities.
The railroad is the nation's largest hauler of chemicals, much of which originates
along the Gulf Coast near Houston, Texas. Union Pacific is also one of the largest
intermodal carriers--that is the transport of truck trailers and marine containers.
Union Pacific, November 2002
Dependable Transportation
Having access to the coal-rich Powder River Basin in Wyoming and coal fields in Illinois,
Colorado and Utah, the railroad moves more than 200 million tons of coal annually.
It's one of Union Pacific's fastest-growing business areas. The company is investing
millions of dollars annually to add capacity to handle coal traffic, including new
locomotives, and new double and triple track main lines.
Although Union Pacific Railroad's primary role is transporting freight, it also runs a
substantial commuter train operation in Chicago and California.
Union Pacific Fast Facts in the USA
Miles of Track 32,832
Employees 49,316
Annual Payroll $3.3 billion
Purchases Made $3.1 billion
Locomotives 7,861
Freight Cars 87,497
Union Pacific, November 2002
Union Pacific, November 2002
Union Pacific - TX
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Union Pacific is Texas' biggest railroad, serving all of its major cities and its gulf ports. With lines to
the international gateways at El Paso, Eagle Pass, Laredo and Brownsville, Union Pacific is the
primary U.S. rail link to Mexico.
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Major commodities hauled by UP in the state include chemicals, export grain, gravel and
aggregates, automobiles and automobile parts, paper, glass, coal and general merchandise.
Union Pacific's top customers in the state include Chrysler de Mexico, the Lower Colorado River
Authority electrical generating plant at Halstead, and City Public Service. Other important UP
customers in Texas include the General Motors auto assembly plant at Arlington and the Dow
Chemical complex in Freeport.
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El Paso, Fort Worth and Houston are hubs of UP's operations in the state. Centennial Yard, one of
the railroad's largest freight classification facilities, is located in Fort Worth. Of special interest in
Fort Worth is Tower 55, the busiest railroad intersection in the United States, where several
railroads share the crossing with Union Pacific. Settegast and Englewood Yards in Houston are
major classification yards for the southern part of the state, serving the petrochemical industry
along the Texas Gulf Coast. Union Pacific runs a freight car repair shop in Palestine, also the
location of the system's national freight claims office. Diesel locomotive repair shops are located in
Fort Worth and El Paso.
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Amtrak operates passenger service over UP linking Texas to St. Louis through Texarkana, DallasFort Worth and San Antonio and transcontinental service across southern Texas via Houston and
San Antonio.
Union Pacific, November 2002
Union Pacific, November 2002
Union Pacific - LA
• Union Pacific serves a variety of industries in Louisiana, ranging
from the important chemical and petrochemical business to paper
manufacturing, lumber production, and destination traffic for
Chrysler and Ford assembly plants. Some of UP's major customers
in Louisiana include Dow North America, Central Louisiana Electric
and North America Truck Platform.
• The railroad serves three Gulf Coast ports: Lake Charles, Baton
Rouge and New Orleans. Important rail connections are also made
at New Orleans with eastern carriers. Union Pacific uses the fivemile Huey P. Long Bridge, the longest railroad bridge in the United
States, to cross the Mississippi River at New Orleans.
• Union Pacific operates an intermodal facility west of New Orleans at
Westwego. In addition, there are freight classification yards in
Alexandria and Avondale, and a major classification yard at Livonia.
Union Pacific, November 2002
CSX Transportation
• When it comes to the business of
shipping, CSX can move you in the right
direction. In fact, you don't even have to
be located on railroad track for us to help
you. With 23,000 miles of track, access to
70 ports and the largest intermodal
network in the U.S., and nationwide
transloading and distribution services,
we've got what it takes to move your
business.
CSX Transportation, 2002
CSX Transportation, 2002
CSX Transportation, 2002
CSX Transportation, 2002
Legend
CSTX
Shortline
New Orleans Public Belt RR
CSX Transportation, 2002
NOPB
• NOPB Interchanges with six Class I
Railroads:
– Burlington Northern Santa Fe
– CSX Transportation
– Canadian National/Illinois Central
– Kansas City Southern
– Norfolk Southern
– Union Pacific
KCS
– Kansas City Southern is a Class I rail system which operates
over 3,130 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states.
Founded in 1887 with the vision of providing the most direct salt
water access from the Midwest, KCS today has the shortest
route between Kansas City and the Gulf of Mexico, serving the
ports of Port Arthur, Texas, New Orleans and West Lake Charles,
La. and Gulfport, Miss.
– KCS transports a diverse mix of commodities with no one
commodity group exceeding 25% of total carloads. With
connections to all the other Class I rail carriers and coordinated
operations with the other entities that comprise the NAFTA
Railway, KCS is strategically positioned to serve the growing
number of North American shippers requiring reliable, efficient
rail transportation.
KCS
KCS
Canadian National
• CN is a leader in the North American rail
industry. Following its acquisition of Illinois
Central in 1999, WC in 2001 and GLT in
2004, as well as its partnership agreement
with BC Rail in 2004, CN provides
shippers with more options and greater
reach in the rapidly expanding market for
north-south trade.
Canadian National
• CN revenues derive from the movement of a
diversified and balanced portfolio of goods
including petroleum and chemicals, grain and
fertilizers, coal, metals and minerals, forest
products, intermodal and automotive.
• Earned CDN$5.9 billion in revenue in 2003
– 56% from U.S. domestic and cross-border traffic
– 19% from international traffic
– 25% from Canadian domestic traffic
Canadian National
Canadian National
Canadian National
Canadian National
RR Stats
Type of Freight Carried for Year 2003
Tons Originated
% of
Commodity Group
(000)
Total
Coal
784,042
43.6
Chemicals & allied products 163,018
9.1
Farm products
141,324
7.9
Non-metallic minerals
132,552
7.4
Misc. mixed shipments*
103,875
5.8
Food & kindred products
102,114
5.7
Metals & products
55,166
3.1
Stone, clay & glass products 51,046
2.8
Petroleum & coke
47,968
2.7
Lumber & wood products
47,466
2.6
Waste & scrap materials
41,497
2.3
Pulp, paper & allied products 38,543
2.1
Motor vehicles & equipment 34,314
1.9
Metallic ores
32,693
1.8
All other commodities
23,448
1.3
Total
1,799,066
100
Gross Revenue
% of
(million)
Total
$7,890
20.5
$4,827
12.6
$2,870
7.5
$1,041
2.7
$5,413
14.1
$2,760
7.2
$1,396
3.6
$1,211
3.2
$1,074
2.8
$1,745
4.5
$799
2.1
$1,646
4.3
$3,589
9.3
$289
0.8
$1,884
4.9
$38,434
100
* Miscellaneous mixed shipments (STCC 46) is mostly intermodal traffic.
Some intermodal traffic is also included in commodity-specific categories.
STCC 46 accounts for about two thirds of intermodal tonnage.
Association of American Railroads – Policy & Economics Department
RR Stats National
3%
3%
2% 2%
3% 2%
2% 1%
3%
43%
6%
6%
7%
8%
9%
Chemicals & Allied Products
Coal
Chemicals & allied products
Farm products
Non-metallic minerals
Misc. mixed shipments*
Food & kindred products
Metals & products
Stone, clay & glass products
Petroleum & coke
Lumber & wood products
Waste & scrap materials
Pulp, paper & allied products
Motor vehicles & equipment
Metallic ores
All other commodities
RR Stats Texas
Originated Chemicals Nationally
45,000,000
40,000,000
24.7%
35,000,000
30,000,000
25,000,000
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
0
TX
LA
FL
WY
IL
AL
Association of American Railroads – Policy & Economics Department
OH
MS
CA
NC
All Oth
RR Stats Texas
Texas Originated Products 2002
All Other
Metallic Ores
Primary Metal
Farm
Food
Glass & Stone
Mixed Freight
Petroleum
Nonmetallic Minerals
Chemical
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
Association of American Railroads – Policy & Economics Department
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
RR Stats Texas
Rail Tons Originated by State
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
20.2%
5.0%
6.4%
6.2%
6.0%
5.5%
TX
KY
3.7%
0.0%
WY
WV
IL
MN
Rail Tons Terminated by State
POH Railroad Stats
• Transit Times
– To LA, 4 days
– To St. Louis, 2 days
– To NY, 6 days
– To Central CA, 4-5 days
– To Chicago, 3 days
– To Philadelphia, 6 days
POH Railroad Stats
• 700,000 rail cars serving the Houston area
• Typical commodities shipped via rail through Houston
include chemicals, plastics, grain, forest products,
consumer goods, potash, cotton and steel.
• Service is available to all Port of Houston Authority
facilities as well as more than 150 industries along the
Houston Ship Channel. The rail system is further
integrated with the local trucking industry via six
intermodal terminals, the local highway system (which
includes three Interstate routes), Houston's three major
airports (all with rail facilities nearby), and the barge
system on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Greater Houston Partnership Chamber of Commerce
POH Railroad Stats
• 700,000 rail cars serving the Houston area
(Greater Houston Partnership COC)
• one of the nation’s busiest rail centers
• rail service is extremely integrated with the
market’s local trucking industry, air cargo
system, and Intracoastal Waterway barge
system via six intermodal terminals
KET Enterprises Incorporated
http://www.ketent.com/TRANSPORTATION.htm
Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas
Principal Taxpayers (a)
As of January 1, 2002
(Unaudited)
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Taxpayers
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Houston Lighting and Power Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Shell Oil Company
Equistar Chemicals Limited Partnership
Hines Interests Ltd. Partnership
Lyondell Chemical
OXY Vinyls LP
Crescent Real Estate
Compaq Computer Corporation
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Anhueser Busch Inc.
Crescent Real Estate Equities
Trizechahn Allen Center LP
Lyondell-Citgo Refining Co.
Total
2002
Type of
Taxable
Business
Valuations (a)
Oil, Chemical
$3,046,389
Electric Utility
$2,012,039
Telephone Utility
$1,428,158
Oil Refinery
$1,287,819
Chemical
$1,103,139
Real Estate
$976,536
Oil, Chemical
$759,179
Oil, Chemical
$519,389
Real Estate
$495,025
Computers
$482,200
Oil, Chemical
$463,732
Brewery
$436,378
Real Estate
$363,755
Real Estate
$360,627
Oil Refinery
$354,337
$14,088,702
% of Total
2002
Taxable
Valuations (a)
1.73%
1.14%
0.81%
0.73%
0.63%
0.55%
0.43%
0.30%
0.28%
0.27%
0.26%
0.25%
0.21%
0.20%
0.20%
7.99%
(a) Amounts shown for these taxpayers do not include taxable valuations, which may be substantial,
attributable to certain subsidiaries and affiliates which are not grouped on the tax rolls with the
taxpayers shown.
(b) Based on the County's total taxable value as of January 1, 2002.
Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas
Principal Taxpayers (a)
As of January 1, 2002
(Unaudited)
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Taxpayers
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Shell Oil Company
Equistar Chemicals Limited Partnership
Lyondell Chemical
OXY Vinyls LP
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Lyondell-Citgo Refining Co.
Type of
Business
Oil, Chemical
Oil Refinery
Chemical
Oil, Chemical
Oil, Chemical
Oil, Chemical
Oil Refinery
2002
Taxable
Valuations (a)
$3,046,389
$1,287,819
$1,103,139
$759,179
$519,389
$463,732
$354,337
$7,533,984
% of Total
2002
Taxable
Valuations (a)
1.73%
0.73%
0.63%
0.43%
0.30%
0.26%
0.20%
4.28%
(a) Amounts shown for these taxpayers do not include taxable valuations, which may be substantial,
attributable to certain subsidiaries and affiliates which are not grouped on the tax rolls with the
taxpayers shown.
(b) Based on the County's total taxable value as of January 1, 2002.
Railroad Ttl tons org. and term. In TX = 308,066,979
Ttl tons handled by Hou = 192,063,324
Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas
Table of Annual Cargo Amounts
(Unaudited)
Year
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
Short
Tons
192,063
185,050
191,419
158,828
169,070
165,456
148,183
135,231
143,663
141,477
137,664
131,233
192,063,234 estimated by Gerard
185,050,000
191,419,000
158,828,000
169,070,000
165,456,000
148,183,000
135,231,000
143,663,000
141,477,000
137,664,000
131,233,000
The following table shows the amount of cargo handled
by the entire Port of Houston for each of the years 1991
through 2002.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Freight Bottleneck Study
Growth in National Freight Rail Traffic
Total % Growth
from 1989 to 1998
Carloads originated
Intermodal traffic
Revenue ton-miles
Tons originated
Revenue per ton-mile
Train-miles
Freight car-miles
Diesel fuel consumption
21.10%
46.52%
35.80%
17.54%
-12.25%
24.12%
24.66%
13.43%
Freight Bottleneck Study: Update to the Intermodal, Freight, and Safety Subcommittee of the
Regional Transportation Council, September 12, 2002
North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation Department
Freight Bottleneck Study
National Hazardous Wastes Eligible for Transport
Type of Waste
High-Level
Description
Spent fuel from nuclear reactors.
Liquid and solid waste from plutonium production.
Amount
52,000 tons
91 million
gallons
Materials contaminated with plutonium,
neptunium, and other man-made elements heavier
than uranium.
11.3 million
cubic feet
Low and Mixed Radioactive and hazardous wastes from hospitals
Low-Level
and research institutions.
472 million
cubic feet
Transuranic
Uranium Mill
Tailings
Residues left from the extraction of uranium and
ore.
Freight Bottleneck Study: Update to the Intermodal, Freight, and Safety Subcommittee of the
Regional Transportation Council, September 12, 2002
North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation Department
265 million
tons
Houston Airports
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport
William P. Hobby Airport
Ellington Field
La Porte Municipal Airport
Baytown Airport
Houston Helicopters
Houston Airports
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West Houston Airport
Westheimer Air Park
Sugar Land Municipal Hull Field
Wolfe Airpark
Alvin Airpark
Clover Field
Houston Gulf Airport
Airport Stats
ACI Cargo Traffic Report
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
City (Airport)
MEMPHIS (MEM)
HONG KONG (HKG)
TOKYO (NRT)
ANCHORAGE (ANC)**
SEOUL (ICN)
Total
Cargo
3,390,515
2,668,880
2,154,691
2,102,025
1,843,055
28
29
30
OAKLAND (OAK)
KUALA LUMPUR (KUL)
BRUSSELS (BRU)
597,383
589,982
586,313
Airport Council International, 2003
http://www.airports.org/cda/aci/display/main/aci_content.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5_9_25__
Percent
Change
0
6.6
7.6
18.7
8
-5.9
10.9
14.1
Canadian National
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Baytown Airport
•West Houston Airport
La Porte Municipal Airport
Westheimer Air Park
William P. Hobby Airport
Ellington Field
Sugar Land Municipal Hull Field
Houston Helicopters
Clover Field
Wolfe Airpark
Houston Gulf Airport
Alvin Airpark
1 Day
1 Day
1 Day
1 Day
1 Day
1 Day
PORT
PORT
• Leading trade partners by value were
– Mexico
– Germany
– Brazil
– United Kingdom
– Venezuela
KET Enterprises Incorporated
http://www.ketent.com/TRANSPORTATION.htm
PORT
• The top five commodities traded are
– Petroleum and petroleum products
– Machinery
– Organic chemical
– Iron and steel
– Motor vehicles
KET Enterprises Incorporated
http://www.ketent.com/TRANSPORTATION.htm