16-2  Basic Conditions of Transport
Item	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Length of Transport Routes      (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation	6.87	7.01	7.19	7.30	7.44
Highways	140.27	169.80	176.52	180.98	187.07
Expressway	1.63	1.94	2.51	2.97	3.43
Navigable Inland Waterways	11.93	12.15	12.16	12.40	12.33
Total Civil Aviation Routes	150.29	155.36	163.77	174.95	204.94
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	2.47	2.76	2.98	3.26	3.82
Total Passenger Traffic         (10 000 persons)	1478573	1534122	1608150	1587497	1767453
Railways	105073	105155	105606	97260	111764
Highways	1347392	1402798	1475257	1464335	1624526
Waterways	19386	18645	18693	17142	19040
Civil Aviation	6722	7524	8594	8759	12123
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km)	12261.0	13155.1	14125.7	13810.5	16309.1
Railways	4532.6	4766.8	4969.4	4788.6	5712.2
Highways	6657.4	7207.1	7805.8	7695.6	8748.4
Waterways	100.5	89.9	81.8	63.1	66.3
Civil Aviation	970.5	1091.4	1268.7	1263.2	1782.3
Total Freight Traffic              (10 000 tons)	1358682	1401786	1483446	1561422	1706412
Railways	178581	193189	204955	221178	249017
Highways	1038813	1056312	1116324	1159957	1244990
Waterways	122391	132675	141832	158070	187394
Civil Aviation	196.7	171.0	202.1	219.0	276.7
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	18700	19439	20133	21997	24734
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km)	44321	47710	50686	53859	69445
Railways	13771	14694	15658	17247	19289
Highways	6129	6330	6782	7099	7841
Waterways	23734	25989	27511	28716	41429
Civil Aviation	50.3	43.7	51.6	57.9	71.8
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	636	653	683	739	815
Possession of Civil Motor Vehicles   (10 000 units)	1608.91	1802.04	2053.17	2382.93	2693.71
Private Vehicles	625.33	770.78	968.98	1219.23	1481.66
Possession of Other Motor Vehicles (10 000 units)	4168.06	4724.05	6174.09	7108.90	7785.69
Possession of Civil Transport Vessels            (unit)
Motor Vessels	185018	169329	165936	163813	166854
Barges	44658	41457	37041	40457	43846
Possession of Private Transport Vessels
Motor Vessels	128654	111633	105697	97837	91188
Barges	13463	10088	9411	16460	24315
Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports	125603	142634	166628	201126	246074
(10 000 tons)