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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	1999	2000
Air
Certificated carriers^a
Jet fuel (million liters)	7,397	14,721	29,742	28,610	^R32,248	^R38,289	47,050	43,557	44,527	45,268	47,225	48,498	^R49,918	51,707	52,530	54,518	56,193
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	^R1,007	^R1,086	^R1,094	^R1,105	1,178	1,307	1,275
Jet fuel (million liters)	N	212	787	1,715	2,900	2,616	2,510	2,184	1,870	1,719	^R1,756	^R2,120	^R2,302	2,430	3,084	3,662	3,778
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	262,781	265,335	^R272,175	278,207	276,809
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	172,632	179,255	186,953	^R191,019	200,093	199,991
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	34,887	35,617	36,249	^R25,805	35,477	36,144
Combination truck	N	25,203	27,815	34,739	49,350	53,015	61,070	63,629	65,170	67,183	70,609	74,865	76,437	76,850	^R95,233	92,884	97,077
Bus	3,131	3,312	3,104	3,986	3,854	3,157	3,388	3,271	3,324	3,517	3,649	3,663	3,747	3,886	^R3,937	4,347	4,203
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	^R5,073	^P5,237	U
Motor fuel (million liters)
Diesel	787	939	1,026	1,382	1,632	2,304	2,464	2,518	2,593	2,568	2,567	2,568	2,622	2,714	^R2,801	^P2,888	U
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels^d	727	469	257	30	42	174	129	129	141	173	227	230	232	225	^R201	^P185	U
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	4	6	18	41	57	90	^R140	^P167	U
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	14,063	14,006
Amtrak
Electricity (million kWh)	N	N	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	304	293	282	275	283	350
Distillate/diesel fuel (million liters)	N	N	N	238	242	246	310	310	310	314	284	250	269	284	284	280	288
Water
Residual fuel oil (million liters)	14,960	11,708	14,286	15,369	33,887	17,375	23,947	25,639	24,844	19,994	20,390	22,282	21,582	18,965	21,276	22,100	24,264
Distillate/diesel fuel oil (million liters)	2,979	2,468	3,100	4,156	5,595	6,431	7,817	7,745	8,398	8,157	8,288	8,854	9,429	9,743	9,823	9,158	8,559
Gasoline (million liters)	N	N	2,264	2,763	3,982	3,986	4,921	6,473	4,982	3,307	3,314	4,014	3,761	3,737	3,620	4,157	4,255
Pipeline
Natural gas (million cubic meters)	9,828	14,173	20,450	16,508	17,971	14,265	18,684	17,027	16,642	17,679	19,407	19,831	20,146	21,279	17,995	18,273	18,249

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

^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 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.

NOTES: Numbers may differ slightly from previous year's metric tables because a higher precision conversion factor was used.

SOURCES:

Air:

Certificated air carriers:

1960-2000: 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 September 2001.

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: Ibid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2000-2011 (Washington, DC: March 2000), table 29.

1995-2000: lbid., FAA Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2002-2013 (Washington, DC: March 2002), table 30.

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 Aug. 2001).

1995-2000: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

Transit:

Electricity/motor fuel/compressed natural gas:

1960-99: American Public Transit Association, Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: March 2001), tables 65, 66, 67, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Rail:

1960-2000: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: October 2000), p. 40.

Amtrak:

1975-2000: 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.

1985-2000: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 1 and 2, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Gasoline:

1970-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Pipeline:

1960-2000: U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Gas Annual 2000, DOE/EIA-0131(00) (Washington, DC: November 2001), table 95.