16-2  Basic Conditions of Transport
Item 2000 2001 2002 2003
　 　 　 　 　
  Length of Transport Routes      (10 000 km)          
      Railways in Operation                                        6.87 7.01 7.19 7.30
          National Electrified Railways 1.49 1.69 1.74 1.81
      Highways                                        140.27 169.80 176.52 180.98
          Expressway 1.63 1.94 2.51 2.97
      Navigable Inland Waterways                      11.93 12.15 12.16 12.40
      Total Civil Aviation Routes                     150.29 155.36 163.77 174.95
          International Routes                           50.84 51.69 57.45 71.53
      Petroleum and Gas Pipelines                     2.47 2.76 2.98 3.26
  Total Passenger Traffic         (10 000 persons) 1478573 1534122 1608150 1587497
      Railways                                        105073 105155 105606 97260
          National Railways                              101847 101680 101741 93634
          Local Railways                                 519 558 516 412
          Joint-venture Railways 2707 2917 3349 3214
      Highways                                        1347392 1402798 1475257 1464335
      Waterways                                       19386 18645 18693 17142
      Civil Aviation                                  6722 7524 8594 8759
  Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km)                      12261.0 13155.1 14125.7 13810.5
      Railways                                        4532.6 4766.8 4969.4 4788.6
          National Railways                              4414.7 4636.6 4803.1 4622.8
          Local Railways                                 4.6 5.2 5.3 4.0
          Joint-venture Railways 113.3 125.1 161.1 161.8
      Highways                                        6657.4 7207.1 7805.8 7695.6
      Waterways                                       100.5 89.9 81.8 63.1
      Civil Aviation                                  970.5 1091.4 1268.7 1263.2
  Total Freight Traffic              (10 000 tons) 1358682 1401786 1483446 1561422
      Railways                                        178581 193189 204955 221178
          National Railways                              166056 179201 187578 199814
          Local Railways                                 8369 9542 11241 13064
          Joint-venture Railways 4156 4446 6136 8300
      Highways                                        1038813 1056312 1116324 1159957
      Waterways                                       122391 132675 141832 158070
      Civil Aviation                                  196.7 171.0 202.1 219.0
      Petroleum and Gas Pipelines                     18700 19439 20133 21997
  Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km) 44321 47710 50686 53859
      Railways                                        13771 14694 15658 17247  
          National Railways                              13444 14369 15219 16476
          Local Railways                                 44 55 63 69
          Joint-venture Railways 283 270 377 702
      Highways                                        6129 6330 6782 7099
      Waterways                                       23734 25989 27511 28716
      Civil Aviation                                  50.3 43.7 51.6 57.9
      Petroleum and Gas Pipelines                     636 653 683 739
  Number of Civil Motor Vehicles Owned (10 000 units) 1608.91 1802.04 2053.17 2382.93
      Number of Buses and Cars 853.73 993.96 1202.37 1478.81
      Number of Trucks 716.32 765.24 812.22 853.51
      Number of Transport Vehicles   702.82 764.39 826.34 924.64
      Number of Private-owned Motor Vehicles     625.33 770.78 968.98 1219.23
  Number of Other Motor Vehicles    (10 000 units) 4168.06 4724.05 6174.09 7108.90
  Number of Civil Transport Vessels         (unit)
      Motor Vessels                                   185018 169329 165936 163813
      Barges                                          44658 41457 37041 40457
  Number of Private-owned Transport Vessels (unit)
      Motor Vessels                                   128654 111633 105697 97837
      Barges                                          13463 10088 9411 16460
  Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports 125603 142634 166628 201126
                                                                 (10 000 tons)