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Table 5 Freight transport traffic (Mtkm). Source sitram, SOES

From: Carbon taxation in France: a failure compared with experience elsewhere in Europe? The case of road freight transport

Transport mode

1990 2001

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2009

Rail

28,958 29,874

27,795

26,572

23,518

24,569

25,192

22,571

Waterways

4,267 3,594

4,021

4,163

4,640

4,645

4,377

4,783

Road (third party)

70,058 138,255

139,431

148,858

147,214

150,843

161,471

128,710

Route (own account)

27,962 30,401

31,726

30,386

30,233

31,989

30,036

27,344

Total for metroplitan France

131,245 202,124

202,973

209,979

205,605

212,046

221,076

183,408