Table 4-15:  Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006
Number registered (thousands),272,314,378,462,529,593,627,631,645,654,670,686,695,698,716,729,746,750,761,777,795,807,822
Vehicle-miles traveled (millions),"4,300","4,700","4,500","6,100","6,100","4,500","5,700","5,800","5,800","6,100","6,400","6,400","6,563","6,842","7,007","7,662","7,590","7,077","6,845","6,783","6,801","(R) 6,980","6,994"
Fuel consumed (million gallons),827,875,820,"1,053","1,018",834,895,864,878,929,964,968,990,"1,027","1,040","1,148","1,112","1,026","1,000",969,"1,360","(R) 1,120","1,147"
Average miles traveled per vehicle (thousands),15.8,15.0,11.9,13.2,11.5,7.6,9.1,9.2,9.0,9.3,9.5,9.3,9.4,9.8,9.8,10.5,10.2,9.4,9.0,8.7,8.6,(R) 8.6,8.5
Average miles traveled per gallon,5.2,5.4,5.5,5.8,6.0,5.4,6.4,6.7,6.6,6.6,6.6,6.6,6.6,6.7,6.7,6.7,6.8,6.9,6.8,7.0,5.0,(R) 6.2,6.1
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons),"3,039","2,784","2,172","2,278","1,925","1,405","1,427","1,369","1,362","1,420","1,438","1,412","1,425","1,472","1,454","1,576","1,490","1,369","1,314","1,248","1,710","(R) 1,388","1,396"
KEY:  R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Includes both publicly and privately owned school, transit, and other commercial buses.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995,  FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1995-2006: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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