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Table 4-5: 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
Air
Certificated carriers^a
Jet fuel (million gallons)	1,954	3,889	7,857	7,558	8,519	10,115	(R) 12,323	11,506	11,763	11,959	(R) 12,384	(R) 12,672	(R) 13,217	(R) 13,563	(R) 13,335	14,402	14,845	14,017	12,848
General aviation^b
Aviation gasoline (million gallons)	242	292	551	412	520	421	353	354	314	268	266	287	289	292	311	345	(R) 333	(R) 275	278
Jet fuel (million gallons)	N	56	208	453	766	691	663	577	494	454	464	560	608	642	815	967	(R) 972	(R) 953	984
Highway
Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons)
Passenger car and motorcycle	41,171	49,723	67,879	74,253	70,186	71,700	69,759	64,501	65,627	67,246	68,079	68,268	69,419	70,094	71,901	73,495	73,275	(R) 73,752	75,140
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	N	e	12,313	19,081	23,796	27,363	35,611	38,217	40,929	42,851	44,112	45,605	47,354	49,388	50,462	52,859	52,939	(R) 53,522	54,841
Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck	N	13,848	3,968	5,420	6,923	7,399	8,357	8,172	8,237	8,488	9,032	9,216	9,409	9,576	6,817	9,372	9,563	(R) 9,667	10,305
Combination truck	N	6,658	7,348	9,177	13,037	14,005	16,133	16,809	17,216	17,748	18,653	19,777	20,193	20,302	25,158	24,537	25,666	(R) 25,512	26,451
Bus	827	875	820	1,053	1,018	834	895	864	878	929	964	968	990	1,027	1,040	1,148	1,112	(R) 1,026	993
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	(P) 5,649
Motor fuel (million gallons)
Diesel	208	248	271	365	431	609	651	665	685	679	678	678	693	717	740	763	786	745	(P) 725
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels^d	192	124	68	8	11	46	34	34	37	46	60	61	61	59	53	49	48	46	(P) 57
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1	2	5	11	15	24	37	44	55	66	(P) 81
Rail, Class I (in freight service)
Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons)	3,463	3,592	3,545	3,657	3,904	3,110	3,115	2,906	3,005	3,088	3,334	3,480	3,579	3,575	3,583	3,715	3,700	3,710	3,730
Amtrak
Electricity (million kWh)	N	N	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	304	293	282	275	283	350	377	U
Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons)	N	N	N	63	64	65	82	82	82	83	75	66	71	75	75	74	76	75	U
Water
Residual fuel oil (million gallons)	3,952	3,093	3,774	4,060	8,952	4,590	6,326	6,773	6,563	5,282	5,386	5,886	5,701	5,010	5,620	5,838	6,410	5,409	4,848
Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons)	787	652	819	1,098	1,478	1,699	2,065	2,046	2,219	2,155	2,189	2,339	2,491	2,574	2,595	2,419	2,261	2,044	2,079
Gasoline (million gallons)	N	N	598	730	1,052	1,053	1,300	1,710	1,316	874	876	1,060	994	987	956	1,098	1,124	994	1,081
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic meters)	347,075	500,524	722,166	582,963	634,622	503,766	659,816	601,305	587,710	624,308	685,362	700,335	711,446	751,470	635,477	645,319	642,210	(R) 624,964	667,027

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

^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 accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information.

^c Prior 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:

1960-2002: 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 June 23, 2004.

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.

1994-2002: Ibid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2004-2015 (Washington, DC: March 2004), 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).

1995-2002: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

Transit:

Electricity / motor fuel / compressed natural gas:

1960-2002: American Public Transit Association, Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: February 2003), tables 33, 34, 35, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Rail:

1960-2002: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: October 2003), 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.

1985-2002: 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:

1970-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline:

1960-2002: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2002, DOE/EIA-0131(02) (Washington, DC: January 2004), table 15 and similar tables in earlier editions.