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Table 4-24: Energy Intensity of Transit Motor Buses
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| Vehicle-miles (millions) |
1,576 |
1,528 |
1,409 |
1,526 |
1,677 |
1,863 |
2,130 |
2,167 |
2,178 |
2,210 |
2,162 |
2,184 |
2,165 |
2,307 |
2,291 |
2,276 |
| Passenger-miles (millions) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
21,800 |
21,200 |
21,000 |
21,100 |
20,300 |
20,200 |
18,800 |
18,800 |
19,100 |
20,400 |
20,603 |
21,205 |
| Fuel consumed (million gallons diesel) |
208 |
248 |
271 |
365 |
431 |
518 |
563 |
573 |
592 |
576 |
565 |
564 |
R578 |
597 |
R607 |
618 |
| Energy intensity (Btu/passenger-mile) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
2,742 |
3,389 |
3,718 |
3,767 |
4,045 |
R3,955 |
R4,168 |
4,161 |
R4,197 |
4,059 |
R4,086 |
4,042 |
KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; N = data do not exist;
R = revised.
NOTES: Heat equivalent factor used for Btu conversion
is 138,700 Btu/gallon.
In January 2000, the American Public Transit Association changed
its name to the American Public Transportation Association. The Transit Fact
Book is now refered to as the Public Transportation Fact Book.
SOURCE: American Public Transportation Association,
Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: March 2001), tables 65
and 79, and similar tables in earlier editions of the Transit Fact Book.
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