Table 1-25: Average Age of Urban Transit Vehicles
(Years)
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| Transit rail |
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| Commuter rail locomotivesa |
16.3 |
15.7 |
15.3 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
15.3 |
15.9 |
17.6 |
17.0 |
14.7 |
13.2 |
| Commuter rail passenger coaches |
19.1 |
17.6 |
17.3 |
19.3 |
18.6 |
20.1 |
21.4 |
24.1 |
21.6 |
19.4 |
17.5 |
| Commuter rail self-propelled passenger cars |
12.3 |
15.9 |
16.5 |
17.6 |
18.2 |
16.0 |
19.8 |
21.1 |
22.3 |
23.2 |
24.3 |
| Heavy-rail passenger cars |
17.1 |
16.2 |
16.9 |
17.7 |
17.8 |
15.8 |
19.3 |
20.2 |
21.1 |
22.0 |
22.5 |
| Light rail vehicles (streetcars) |
20.6 |
15.2 |
16.6 |
17.0 |
14.9 |
16.7 |
16.8 |
16.0 |
15.9 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
| Transit busb |
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| Articulated |
3.4 |
7.6 |
8.2 |
9.1 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
10.9 |
11.5 |
11.9 |
11.3 |
8.6 |
| Full-size |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
8.5 |
9.9 |
8.7 |
8.8 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
| Mid-size |
5.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.4 |
7.2 |
6.9 |
6.3 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
| Small |
4.8 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
| Trolley |
U |
10.9 |
10.3 |
11.2 |
12.0 |
11.1 |
13.1 |
14.0 |
14.7 |
14.6 |
15.6 |
| Other |
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| Vans |
3.8 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
| Ferry boats |
U |
21.7 |
19.6 |
22.7 |
24.7 |
23.5 |
23.4 |
25.3 |
25.4 |
25.8 |
25.1 |
KEY: U = data are not available.
a Locomotives used in Amtrak intercity passenger services are not included.
b Full-size buses have more than 35 seats; mid-size buses have 25-35 seats; small buses have fewer than 25 seats.
SOURCES: 1985-1998: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database(Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 28 and similar tables in earlier editions.
1999: Ibid., National Transit Database (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 29.
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