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Bus Profile
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FINANCIAL
| Expenditures
($ thousands) |
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| School
bus1 |
486,000 |
1,219,000 |
3,833,000 |
8,031,000 |
7,847,000 |
9,889,000 |
9,082,000 |
10,353,000 |
10,326,000 |
10,340,000 |
12,104,000 |
12,624,000 |
U |
| Operating
revenues ($ thousands) |
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| Intercity
bus, Class I 2 |
463,100 |
721,700 |
1,397,378 |
943,268 |
1,161,479 |
1,189,235 |
985,537 |
1,080,083 |
1,074,582 |
1,326,909 |
1,133,822 |
1,117,526 |
1,070,204 |
| Operating
expenses ($ thousands) |
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| Intercity
bus, Class I 2 |
405,400 |
639,000 |
1,318,372 |
1,026,213 |
1,289,834 |
1,253,537 |
941,014 |
1,022,680 |
1,016,208 |
1,313,900 |
1,078,386 |
1,080,186 |
1,045,515 |
INVENTORY
| Number
of operating companies |
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| Intercity
bus, Class I 2 |
143 |
71 |
61 |
31 |
26 |
24 |
20 |
22 |
20 |
18 |
15 |
15 |
12 |
| Number
of vehicles, all buses3 |
272,129 |
377,562 |
528,789 |
626,987 |
670,423 |
685,503 |
694,781 |
697,548 |
715,540 |
728,777 |
746,125 |
749,548 |
760,717 |
| Number
of employees4 |
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| Intercity
and rural bus |
40,500 |
43,400 |
37,900 |
26,100 |
23,600 |
23,800 |
23,800 |
22,200 |
24,400 |
23,800 |
24,700 |
25,100 |
22,890 |
| School
bus |
N |
N |
79,900 |
111,200 |
125,900 |
131,100 |
132,200 |
136,500 |
141,000 |
146,100 |
146,700 |
147,700 |
174,440 |
PERFORMANCE
| Vehicle-miles,
all buses (millions)5 |
4,346 |
4,544 |
6,059 |
5,726 |
6,409 |
6,420 |
6,538 |
6,842 |
7,007 |
7,662 |
7,590 |
(R) 7,077 |
6,849 |
| Rural
highway, total |
2,332 |
2,549 |
3,035 |
3,444 |
3,730 |
3,854 |
3,933 |
4,109 |
4,251 |
4,667 |
4,489 |
(R) 4,165 |
3,946 |
| Interstate
rural |
N |
339 |
533 |
567 |
683 |
711 |
742 |
794 |
834 |
971 |
978 |
(R) 951 |
941 |
| Other
arterial rural |
N |
944 |
991 |
995 |
1,154 |
1,171 |
1,186 |
1,243 |
1,282 |
1,375 |
1,270 |
(R) 1,133 |
1,104 |
| Other
rural |
N |
1,266 |
1,511 |
1,882 |
1,893 |
1,972 |
2,005 |
2,072 |
2,135 |
2,321 |
2,241 |
(R) 2,081 |
1,901 |
| Urban
highwaya, total |
2,014 |
1,995 |
3,024 |
2,283 |
2,679 |
2,566 |
2,605 |
2,733 |
2,756 |
2,995 |
3,101 |
(R) 2,912 |
2,903 |
| Interstate
urban |
N |
277 |
560 |
455 |
627 |
580 |
598 |
647 |
663 |
752 |
791 |
(R) 775 |
802 |
| Other
urban |
N |
1,718 |
2,464 |
1,828 |
2,052 |
1,986 |
2,007 |
2,086 |
2,093 |
2,243 |
2,310 |
(R) 2,137 |
2,101 |
| Passenger-miles
(millions), all buses5 |
N |
N |
N |
121,398 |
135,871 |
136,104 |
138,613 |
145,060 |
148,558 |
162,445 |
160,919 |
(R) 150,042 |
145,208 |
| Number
of revenue passengers (thousands) |
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| Intercity
bus, total1 |
366,000 |
401,000 |
370,000 |
334,000 |
343,200 |
366,500 |
347,900 |
350,600 |
357,600 |
358,900 |
364,600 |
356,900 |
U |
| Average
miles traveled per vehicle, all buses5 |
15,970 |
12,035 |
11,458 |
9,133 |
9,560 |
9,365 |
9,386 |
9,809 |
9,793 |
10,515 |
10,173 |
(R) 9,442 |
9,003 |
| Fuel
consumed (million gallons), all buses5 |
827 |
820 |
1,018 |
895 |
964 |
968 |
985 |
1,027 |
1,040 |
1,148 |
1,112 |
(R) 1,026 |
993 |
| Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons), all
buses5 |
3,039 |
2,172 |
1,925 |
1,427 |
1,438 |
1,412 |
1,414 |
1,472 |
1,454 |
1,576 |
1,490 |
(R)
1,369 |
1,306 |
| Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed,
all buses5 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
6.0 |
6.4 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
| Average revenue per passenger-mile (cents) (intercity)1 |
2.71 |
3.60 |
7.26 |
11.55 |
11.61 |
12.19 |
12.30 |
12.56 |
12.75 |
12.76 |
12.79 |
12.91 |
U |
SAFETY
| Number
of fatalities6 |
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| School
bus-related |
N |
N |
150 |
115 |
(R) 107 |
123 |
136 |
131 |
128 |
167 |
147 |
141 |
127 |
| School
bus occupants |
N |
N |
9 |
11 |
(R) 4 |
13 |
10 |
(R) 10 |
6 |
10 |
(R) 21 |
18 |
3 |
| Other vehicle |
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| Occupants |
N |
N |
88 |
64 |
64 |
72 |
101 |
(R) 97 |
91 |
127 |
(R) 99 |
95 |
98 |
| Nonoccupants |
N |
N |
53 |
40 |
(R) 39 |
38 |
25 |
24 |
31 |
30 |
(R) 27 |
(R) 28 |
26 |
| Occupant
fatalities, all buses6 |
N |
N |
46 |
32 |
21 |
33 |
21 |
18 |
38 |
59 |
22 |
34 |
45 |
| School
buses |
N |
N |
14 |
13 |
2 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
16 |
16 |
2 |
| Cross
country buses |
N |
N |
23 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
32 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
| Transit
buses |
N |
N |
6 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
| Other
and unknown |
N |
N |
3 |
14 |
6 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
13 |
2 |
11 |
17 |
| Fatalities
in vehicular accidentsb, all buses7 |
N |
N |
390 |
340 |
286 |
311 |
367 |
339 |
329 |
374 |
355 |
330 |
343 |
| Occupant
fatality rate |
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| Per
90 million vehicle-miles, all buses5, 6 |
N |
N |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
| Per
9,000 registered vehicles, all buses3, 6 |
N |
N |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
| Vehicle
involvement rate (fatal crashes) |
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| Per
90 million vehicle-miles, all buses5, 7 |
N |
N |
6.4 |
5.9 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
(R) 4.9 |
(R) 4.7 |
(R) 4.7 |
5.0 |
| Per
9,000 registered vehicles, all buses3, 7 |
N |
N |
7.4 |
5.4 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
(R) 5.1 |
(R) 4.8 |
(R) 4.4 |
4.5 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Urban consists of travel on all roads and streets in urban places of 5,000 or greater population.
b Includes all fatalities that occurred in an accident in which a bus was involved.
NOTE
See transit profile for transit bus data.
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America, 19th edition (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 40, 46, and 48.
2 1960-95: Interstate Commerce Commission, Annual Report of the ICC (Washington, DC: Annual issues), Appendix F, tables 1 and 6. 1996-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
3 U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MV-10.
4 1960-99: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Employment, Hours and Earnings, SIC codes 413 and 415, Internet site www.bls.gov as of June 17, 2004. 2000-02: Ibid., NAICS codes 485200 and 485400, Internet site www.bls.gov as of June 17, 2004.
5 1960-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A. 1996-2002: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
6 1980-98: Ibid., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1998, DOT HS 808 983 (Washington, DC: October 1999), tables 74 and 93. 1999-2002: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2002, DOT HS 809 615 (Washington, DC: December 2003).
7 Ibid., Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Query, Internet site, http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov as of June 2004.
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