DOE: In 2021, 87% of US truck freight tonnage was shipped less than 250 miles

Green Car Congress
By mmillikinAug 8, 2023, 7:01 am238 pts
Trucks moved nearly 12 billion tons of freight domestically in 2021, with most of the shipments traveling less than 250 miles, according to analysis of US Department of Transportation (DOT) data by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Shipments below 100 miles accounted for 44% of the total tonnage, and shipments…

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