1.1.2.3.10 Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Industry

Definition: The branch of manufacture and trade based on freight , transportation, communications, and utilities. Freight and transportation include railroads, trucking, and public transportation, including transit systems, highways, roads, and bridges. Communications include radio and television, but not newspapers and magizines (see manufacturing). Utilities include water, gas, electricity, sewage, and irrigation, including publically and privately owned infrastructure such as dams, and wastewater treatment plants.

Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification

Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Industry Categories:

1.1.2.3.10.1 Air Transportation Industry: All establishments engaged in furnishing domestic and foreign transportation by air and also those operating airports and flying fields and furnishing terminal services. This does not include establishments that may incidentally use airplanes, such as crop dusting and aerial photography. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.2 Communications Industry: All establishments furnishing point-to-point communications services, whether intended to be received aurally or visually; and radio and television broadcasting. This also includes paging and beeper services, and microwave or satellite facilities. This does not include establishments that provide telephone answering services (see Business Services). (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.3 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Service Industry: All establishments engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electricity or gas or steam. This also includes water and irrigation systems, and sanitary systems engaged in the collection and disposal of garbage, sewage, and other wastes by means of destroying or processing materials. This includes publically and privately owned infrastructure such as dams and wastewater treatment plants. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.11 Highway Transportation: All public highways, roads, and bridges. This includes such related infrastructure as guardrails, streetlamps, rest stops, embankments, and sound barriers. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.4 Local and Suburban Transit Industry: All establishments primarily engaged in furnishing local and suburban passenger transportation by bus, rail, or subway, either separately or in combination, and establishments engaged in furnishing highway passenger transportation and passenger terminal and maintenance facilities. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.5 Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Industry: All establishments furnishing local or long-distance trucking or transfer services, or those engaged in the storage of farm products, furniture and other household goods, or commercial goods of any nature. This also includes terminal facilities for handling freight. This does not include natural gas storage (see Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services) or the establishments of the United States Postal Service (see United States Postal Service). (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.6 Pipelines, Except Natural Gas Industry: All establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of petroleum and other commodities. This does not include establishments primarily engaged in natural gas transmission (see Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services). (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.7 Railroad Transportation Industry: All establishments furnishing transportation by line-haul railroad, and switching and terminal establishments. This does not include railways serving single municipalities, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas (see Local and Suburban Transit and Interurban Highway Passenger Transportation). (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.8 Transportation Services Industry: All establishments furnishing services incidental to transportation, such as forwarding and packing services, and the arrangement of passenger and freight transportation. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.9 United States Postal Service: All establishments of the United States Postal Service. This does not include establishments transporting mail on a contract basis for the U.S. Postal Service (see Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing). (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.10.10 Water Transportation Industry: All establishments engaged in freight and passenger transportation on the open seas or inland waters, and establishments furnishing such incidental services as lighterage, towing, and canal operation. This also includes excursion boats, sightseeing boats, and water taxis. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)