16-2  Basic Conditions of Transport
Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Length of Transport Routes                   (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation	7.01	7.19	7.30	7.44	7.54
Highways	169.80	176.52	180.98	187.07	193.05
Expressway	1.94	2.51	2.97	3.43	4.10
Navigable Inland Waterways	12.15	12.16	12.40	12.33	12.33
Total Civil Aviation Routes	155.36	163.77	174.95	204.94	199.85
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	2.76	2.98	3.26	3.82	4.40
Total Passenger Traffic                  (10 000 persons)	1534122	1608150	1587497	1767453	1847018
Railways	105155	105606	97260	111764	115583
Highways	1402798	1475257	1464335	1624526	1697381
Waterways	18645	18693	17142	19040	20227
Civil Aviation	7524	8594	8759	12123	13827
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km)	13155.1	14125.7	13810.5	16309.1	17466.7
Railways	4766.8	4969.4	4788.6	5712.2	6062.0
Highways	7207.1	7805.8	7695.6	8748.4	9292.1
Waterways	89.9	81.8	63.1	66.3	67.8
Civil Aviation	1091.4	1268.7	1263.2	1782.3	2044.9
Total Freight Traffic                           (10 000 tons)	1401786	1483446	1561422	1706412	1862066
Railways	193189	204955	221178	249017	269296
Highways	1056312	1116324	1159957	1244990	1341778
Waterways	132675	141832	158070	187394	219648
Civil Aviation	171.0	202.1	219.0	276.7	306.7
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	19439	20133	21997	24734	31037
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km)	47710	50686	53859	69445	80258
Railways	14694	15658	17247	19289	20726
Highways	6330	6782	7099	7841	8693
Waterways	25989	27511	28715.8	41429	49672
Civil Aviation	43.7	51.6	57.9	71.8	78.9
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	653	683	739	815	1088
Possession of Civil Motor Vehicles   (10 000 units)	1802.04	2053.17	2382.93	2693.71	3159.66
Private Vehicles	770.78	968.98	1219.23	1481.66	1848.07
Possession of Other Motor Vehicles (10 000 units)	4724.05	6174.09	7108.90	7785.69	8595.42
Possession of Civil Transport Vessels            (unit)	210786	202977	204270	210700	207294
Motor Vessels	169329	165936	163813	166854	165900
Barges	41457	37041	40457	43846	41394
Possession of Private Transport Vessels	121721	115108	114297	115503	95838
Motor Vessels	111633	105697	97837	91188	83380
Barges	10088	9411	16460	24315	12458
Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports	142634	166628	201126	246074	292777
(10 000 tons)