BTS | Table 3-16: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile

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Table 3-16: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile

(Current ¢)

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service	6.1	6.1	6.0	7.7	11.5	12.2	13.4	13.2	12.9	13.7	13.1	13.5	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.6
Index (1980 = 100)	53	53	52	67	100	106	117	115	112	119	114	117	120	121	122	121	127
Class I bus, intercity^a	2.7	2.9	3.6	4.9	7.3	9.9	11.6	12.0	11.8	12.0	11.6	12.2	12.3	^R12.6	^R12.8	12.8	U
Index (1990 = 100)	23	25	31	42	63	^R86	100	^R104	102	^R104	101	106	106	^R109	^R110	110	U
Commuter rail	2.9	3.3	3.8	4.6	6.7	12.1	13.5	13.0	13.3	14.3	13.6	13.1	13.7	14.7	^R14.7	15.0	U
Index (1990 = 100)	22	25	28	34	50	90	100	97	99	107	101	97	102	109	^R109	111	U
Intercity/Amtrak^b	3.0	3.1	4.0	5.7	8.2	11.3	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.7	14.6	16.6	17.3	17.5	18.4	U
Index (1990 = 100)	21	22	28	40	58	80	100	100	100	99	97	103	118	123	124	130	U
Consumer Price Index (1982-84=100)	30	32	39	54	82	108	131	136	140	145	148	152	157	161	^c163	^d167	U

KEY: P = Preliminary; R = revised; U = unavailable.

^a Regular route intercity service.

^b Amtrak began operations in 1971.

^c Beginning in 1998, data reflect changes in series composition and renaming.

^d Beginning in 1999, data reflect changes in the formula used for calculating the basic components of the consumer price index.

SOURCES:

Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:

1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: February 1970), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues).

1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues).

1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 3.

Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4, line 9.

1985-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 1, line 3.

Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 9 (total passenger operating revenues/total revenue passenger-miles).

Intercity class I bus and commuter rail:

1960-1999: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 18.

Intercity/Amtrak:

1960-70: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1975-80: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1994 (Lansdowne, VA: 1994), p. 50.

1985-99: Amtrak. Amtrak Annual Report,Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (transportation revenues/passenger-miles).

Consumer Price Index:

1960-99: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2000), table B-58.