16-2  Basic Conditions of Transport
Item 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
           
  Length of Transport Routes                          (10 000 km)
      Railways in Operation 7.71 7.80 7.97 8.55 9.12
      Highways 345.70 358.37 373.02 386.08 400.82
          Expressway 4.53 5.39 6.03 6.51 7.41
      Navigable Inland Waterways 12.34 12.35 12.28 12.37 12.42
      Total Civil Aviation Routes 211.35 234.30 246.18 234.51 276.51
      Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 4.81 5.45 5.83 6.91 7.85
  Total Passenger Traffic                          (10 000 persons) 2024157.641 2227761.211 2867891.964 2976897.831 3269508.167
      Railways 125656 135670 146193 152451 167609
      Highways 1860487 2050680 2682114 2779081 3052738
      Waterways 22047 22835 20334 22314 22392
      Civil Aviation 15968 18576 19251 23052 26769
  Total Passenger-Kilometers(100 million passenger-km) 19197.2 21592.6 23196.7 24834.9 27894.3
      Railways 6622.1 7216.3 7778.6 7878.9 8762.2
      Highways 10130.8 11506.8 12476.1 13511.4 15020.8
      Waterways 73.6 77.8 59.2 69.4 72.3
      Civil Aviation 2370.7 2791.7 2882.8 3375.2 4039.0
  Total Freight Traffic                                    (10 000 tons) 2037060 2275822 2585937 2825222 3241807
      Railways 288224 314237 330354 333348 364271
      Highways 1466347 1639432 1916759 2127834 2448052
      Waterways 248703 281199 294510 318996 378949
      Civil Aviation 349.4 401.8 407.6 445.5 563.0
      Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 33436 40552 43906 44598 49972
  Total Freight Ton-kilometers         (100 million ton-km) 88840 101419 110300 122133 141837
      Railways 21954 23797 25106 25239 27644
      Highways 9754 11355 32868 37189 43390
      Waterways 55486 64285 50263 57557 68428
      Civil Aviation 94.3 116.4 119.6 126.2 178.9
      Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 1551 1866 1944 2022 2197
  Possession of Civil Motor Vehicles          (10 000 units) 3697.35 4358.36 5099.61 6280.61 7801.83
      Private Vehicles 2333.32 2876.22 3501.39 4574.91 5938.71
  Possession of Other Motor Vehicles         (10 000 units) 8797.67 9434.03 9756.92 10489.01 11305.55
  Possession of Civil Transport Vessels                    (unit) 194360 191771 184190 176932 178407
      Motor Vessels 157805 157544 152247 149367 155624
      Barges 36555 34227 31943 27565 22783
  Volume of Freight Handled in Coastal Ports above 342191 388200 429599 475481 548358
      Designated Size                                       (10 000 tons)
           
a) Since 2004, inland waterways refers to navigable inland waterways. The same applies to the tables followings.
b) Length of highways include the village road since 2005. 
c) In 2008, data on total passenger traffic and freight traffic of highway and waterways have changed. The same applies to the following tables.
d) Since 2009, statistical coverage above designated size refers to coastal seaport with capacity over 10 million tons yearly and inland port over 
    2 million tons yearly. The same applies to the tables following.