16-2  Basic Conditions of Transport|16-2BasicConditionsofTransport|Item|2012|2013|2014|2015||LengthofTransportRoutes(10000km)|RailwaysinOperation|9.7625484|10.3144637|11.1821116|12.09704|Highways|423.7508|435.6218435|446.3913|457.7296|Expressway|9.62|10.4438003|11.1936|12.3523|NavigableInlandWaterways|12.499463|12.585297|12.628002|12.7001|RegularCivilAviationRoutes|328.0114|410.6|463.7214|531.723|PetroleumandGasPipelines|9.16043906554581|9.8464387|10.5688216|10.8706|TotalPassengerTraffic(10000persons)|3804034.9016|2122991.5466|2032217.8116|1943271|Railways|189336.8511|210596.9165|230460|253484|Highways|3557010|1853463|1736270|1619097|Waterways|25752|23535|26292.934|27072|CivilAviation|31936.0505|35396.6301|39194.8776|43618|TotalPassenger-Kilometers(100millionpassenger-km)|33383.088894|27571.653741|28647.1315702|30058.8981|Railways|9812.32718|10595.61858|11241.85|11960.6043|Highways|18467.546|11250.943|10996.75|10742.6585|Waterways|77.4791|68.3326|74.3412932|73.084|CivilAviation|5025.736614|5656.759561|6334.190277|7282.5513|TotalFreightTraffic(10000tons)|4100436.16453729|4098900.03185335|4167296.28919824|4175886.2942|Railways|390437.5066|396697.0018|381333.8071|335801|Highways|3188475|3076648|3113334|3150019|Waterways|458705|559785|598282.539|613567|CivilAviation|545.03422|561.25263|594.09882|629.2942|PetroleumandGasPipelines|62273.6237172877|65208.7774233466|73751.8442782424|75870|TotalFreightTon-kilometers(100millionton-km)|173804.460885647|168013.800163865|181667.692564846|178355.9014|Railways|29187.08595|29173.8905879|27530.1904350863|23754.3078|Highways|59534.8647|55738.0775|56846.9|57955.7245|Waterways|81707.5789|79435.6507|92774.5555745|91772.4507|CivilAviation|163.889362|170.29181|187.771491|208.0683|PetroleumandGasPipelines|3211.04197364666|3495.88956596536|4328.27506425959|4665.3501|PossessionofCivilMotorVehicles(10000units)|10933.0912|12670.1435|14598.1076|16284.4501|PrivateVehicles|8838.6014|10501.6827|12339.3597|14099.1037|PossessionofOtherMotorVehicles(10000units)|11322.3048|10546.6548|9852.3976|9570.4165|PossessionofCivilTransportVessels(unit)|178591|172554|171977|165905|MotorVessels|158309|155340|154974|149659|Barges|20282|17214|17003|16246|VolumeofFreightHandledinCoastalPortsabove|665245|728098|769557|784578|DesignatedSize(10000tons)||a)In2008,dataontotalpassengertrafficandfreighttrafficofhighwayandwaterwayshavechanged.Thesameappliestothefollowingtables.|b)Since2009,statisticalcoverageabovedesignatedsizereferstocoastalseaportwithcapacityover10milliontonsyearlyandinlandportover|2milliontonsyearly.Thesameappliestothetablesfollowing.|c)In2013,thepipelinestransportstatisticshadanadditionalinclusionofCNOOCtothe2012inclusionofCNPCandSINOPEC.The2012dataon|pipelinestransportareadjustedfordatacomparability.Thesameappliesinthefollowingtables.|d)The2013figuresonpassengertrafficandfreighttrafficarecalculatedwiththedatafromthe2013surveyoftransporteconomics,andhavedifferent|coverages.Thesameappliestothefollowingtables.Whenadjustedtocomparablecoverages,the2013highwaypassengertraffic,passenger-|kilometers,freighttrafficandfreightton-kilometersincreasedoverthepreviousyearby4.2%,1.0%,10.9%and11.2%respectively;andthe2013|waterwaypassengertraffic,passenger-kilometers,freighttrafficandfreightton-kilometersby3.0%,2.9%,10.4%and4.8%respectively.|e)Dataoftransportofhighwaysandwaterwaysin2014and2015areadjustedaccordingtosmall-sizedsamplesurveyontransportofhighwaysand|waterwaysconductedin2015.