BTS | Table 4-5M. Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation

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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
Air
Certificated carriers^a
Jet fuel (million liters)	7,397	14,721	29,742	28,610	34,432	38,312	^R47,049	^R43,555	^R44,528	^R45,270	^R47,227	48,499	49,922	51,709	52,530
General aviation^b
Aviation gasoline (million liters)	916	1,105	2,086	1,560	1,968	1,594	1,336	1,340	1,189	1,014	999	1,045	1,086	^R1,105	1,177
Jet fuel (million liters)	N	212	787	1,715	2,900	2,616	2,510	2,184	1,870	1,719	1,783	2,059	2,150	^R2,430	3,085
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	262,780	^R265,335	274,117
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	172,634	179,254	^R186,954	191,462
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	34,886	35,617	^R36,249	36,874
Combination truck	N	25,203	27,815	34,739	49,350	53,015	61,070	63,629	65,170	67,183	70,609	74,864	76,439	^R76,851	79,872
Bus	3,131	3,312	3,104	3,986	3,854	3,157	3,388	3,271	3,324	3,517	3,649	3,664	3,748	^R3,888	3,971
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	^R4,988	^P5,250
Motor fuel (million liters)
Diesel	787	939	1,026	1,382	1,632	2,305	2,464	2,517	2,593	2,570	2,567	2,567	2,623	^R2,714	^P2,650
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels^d	727	469	257	30	42	174	129	129	140	174	227	231	231	^R223	^P189
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	4	6	18	42	57	^R91	^P117
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
Amtrak
Electricity (million kWh)	N	N	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	304	293	282	275
Distillate/diesel fuel (million liters)	N	N	N	238	242	246	310	310	310	314	284	250	269	284	284
Water
Residual fuel oil (million liters)	14,960	11,708	14,286	15,369	33,887	17,375	23,947	25,639	24,844	19,995	20,388	22,281	21,581	18,965	21,274
Distillate/diesel fuel oil (million liters)	2,979	2,468	3,100	4,156	5,595	6,431	7,817	7,745	8,400	8,158	8,286	8,854	9,429	9,744	9,823
Gasoline (million liters)	N	N	2,264	2,763	3,982	3,986	4,921	6,473	4,982	3,308	^R3,316	4,013	3,763	3,736	3,619
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic meters)	9,828	14,173	20,449	16,508	17,970	14,265	18,684	17,027	16,642	17,678	19,407	19,831	20,146	^R21,279	17,995

^a Domestic operations only.
^b Includes 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 accurracy statement at the end of this chapter for more detailed information.
^c Prior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and smaller 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.

KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.

SOURCES:
Air:
Certificated air carriers:
1960-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Internet site http://www.bts.gov/oai/fuel/fuelyearly.html, as of July 5, 2000.
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.
1975-97: Ibid., General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 5.1, and similar tables in earlier editions.
1998: Ibid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2000-2011 (Washington, DC: March 2000), table 29.
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.
1995-98: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
Transit:
Electricity/motor fuel/compressed natural gas:
1960-98: American Public Transit Association, Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: February 1999), tables 65, 66, 67, and similar tables in earlier editions.
Rail:
1960-98: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: May 1999), p. 40.
Amtrak:
1975-98: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs 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.
1985-98: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 2 and 4, and similar tables in earlier editions.
Gasoline:
1970-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions.
Pipeline:
1960-96: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 1997 (Washington, DC: October 1998), table 101.
1997-98: Ibid., table 1.