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Table 4-5M: Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Air
Certificated carriers^a	2,908	2,584	2,561	2,646	2,446	4,216	4,837	4,853	4,716	4,865	5,081	5,068	5,007	4,988	5,073	5,237	5,510	5,610	5,649	5,643	5,825	5,954	U
Jet fuel (million liters)
General aviation^b	208	248	271	365	431	609	651	665	685	679	678	678	693	717	740	763	786	745	725	713	731	730	U
Aviation gasoline (million liters)	192	124	68	8	11	46	34	34	37	46	60	61	61	59	53	49	48	46	57	46	53	58	U
Jet fuel (million liters)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1	2	5	11	15	24	37	44	55	66	81	100	112	123	U
Highway
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million liters)
Passenger car and motorcycle	155,849	188,222	256,950	281,078	265,683	271,414	264,067	244,163	248,425	254,554	257,707	258,424	262,781	265,335	272,175	278,207	277,375	279,180	286,413	286,352	(R) 286,192	280,442	U
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	N	e	46,610	72,229	90,078	103,580	134,802	144,667	154,933	162,209	166,982	172,632	179,255	186,953	191,019	200,093	200,395	202,602	209,031	229,994	(R) 240,059	247,638	U
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck	N	52,420	15,021	20,517	26,206	28,008	31,635	30,934	31,180	32,131	34,190	34,887	35,617	36,249	25,805	35,477	36,200	36,595	39,068	33,616	(R) 33,914	34,228	U
Combination truck	N	25,203	27,815	34,739	49,350	53,015	61,070	63,629	65,170	67,183	70,609	74,865	76,437	76,850	95,233	92,884	97,155	96,573	100,236	90,151	(R) 91,573	92,406	U
Bus	3,131	3,312	3,104	3,986	3,854	3,157	3,388	3,271	3,324	3,517	3,649	3,663	3,747	3,886	3,937	4,347	4,210	3,883	3,784	3,668	(R) 5,148	5,031	U
Transit^c
Electricity (million kWh)	2,908	2,584	2,561	2,646	2,446	4,216	4,837	4,853	4,716	4,865	5,081	5,068	5,007	4,988	5,073	5,237	5,510	5,610	5,649	5,643	5,825	5,954	U
Motor fuel (million liters)
Diesel	787	939	1,026	1,382	1,632	2,304	2,464	2,518	2,593	2,568	2,567	2,568	2,622	2,714	2,800	2,890	2,975	2,819	2,743	2,698	2,766	2,763	U
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels^d	727	469	257	30	42	174	129	129	141	173	227	230	232	225	199	184	183	174	216	175	200	220	U
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	4	6	18	41	57	90	141	168	207	251	307	379	423	466	U
Rail, Class I (in freight service)
Distillate / diesel fuel (million liters)	13,109	13,597	13,419	13,843	14,778	11,773	11,792	11,000	11,375	11,689	12,621	13,173	13,548	13,533	13,563	14,063	14,006	14,044	14,120	14,483	15,365	15,513	U
Amtrak
Electricity (million kWh)	N	N	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	304	293	282	275	283	350	377	U	U	U	U	U
Distillate / diesel fuel (million liters)	N	N	N	238	242	246	310	310	310	314	284	250	269	284	284	280	288	283	U	U	U	U	U
Water
Residual fuel oil (million liters)	14,960	11,708	14,286	15,369	33,887	17,375	23,947	25,639	24,844	19,994	20,390	22,282	21,582	18,965	21,276	22,100	24,264	20,477	18,351	14,664	17,755	19,603	U
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million liters)	2,979	2,468	3,100	4,156	5,595	6,431	7,817	7,745	8,398	8,157	8,288	8,854	9,429	9,743	9,823	9,158	8,560	7,738	7,870	8,392	8,099	7,592	U
Gasoline (million liters)	N	N	2,264	2,763	3,982	3,986	4,921	6,473	4,982	3,307	3,314	4,014	3,761	3,737	3,620	4,157	4,256	3,762	4,093	4,192	3,804	4,773	U
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic meters)	10,412	15,016	21,665	17,489	19,039	15,113	19,794	18,039	17,631	18,729	20,561	21,010	21,343	22,544	19,064	19,360	19,266	18,749	20,008	17,745	16,986	17,543	U

KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available. 1gallon = 3.7854 litres 1 Cubic Foot= .028316 Cubic Metres

^a Domestic operations only.

^bIncludes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on nonrespondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information.

^cPrior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and small systems.

^d Gasoline and all other nondiesel fuels such as liquefied natural gas, methanol, and propane, except compressed natural gas.

^e Included in single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck category.

SOURCES

Air:

Certificated air carriers:

1960-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Fuel Cost and Consumption, Internet site http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information as of Sept. 4, 2007.

General aviation:

1960-70: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation - 1972 edition (Washington, DC: 1973), table 9.12.

1975-93: Ibid., General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 5.1, and similar tables in earlier editions.

1994-2006: Ibid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2007-2020 (Washington, DC: Dec. 2007), table 34 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Highway:

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. (Revised data obtained from Internet site http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of August 2001).

1995-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

Transit:

Electricity / motor fuel / compressed natural gas:

1960-2005: American Public Transportation Association, 2007 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: April 2007), tables 26, 27, 28 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Rail:

1960-2005: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2005), p. 40.

Amtrak:

1975-2001: Amtrak, Energy Management Department, personal communication.

Water:

Residual and distillate / diesel fuel oil:

1960-80: American Petroleum Institute, Basic Petroleum Data Book (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 10, 10a, 12, and 12a.

1985-2004: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 2, 4, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Gasoline:

1970-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline:

1960-2005: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2005, DOE/EIA-0131(04) (Washington, DC: Nov. 2006), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.