BTS | Table 4-16M: Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption (a) and Travel

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Table 4-16M: Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption^a and Travel

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number of vehicles (thousands)	65	62	61	62	75	94	93	97	103	108	116	116	123	126	124	129	131	135	135	138	144	121
Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions)	3,449	3,232	3,030	3,502	3,681	4,492	5,217	5,321	5,399	5,528	5,580	5,713	5,875	6,028	6,105	6,393	6,567	6,753	6,883	7,022	7,195	7,405
Electric power consumed (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	5,649	5,643	5,825	5,954
Primary energy consumed (thousand liters)
Diesel	787,744	940,296	1,024,332	1,381,903	1,633,027	2,304,324	2,464,417	2,517,897	2,592,795	2,568,444	2,567,365	2,567,592	2,622,208	2,713,959	2,799,770	2,889,666	2,975,428	2,818,856	2,742,663	2,698,041	2,766,023	2,763,040
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels^b	726,421	470,148	258,165	28,678	43,154	173,008	128,348	130,472	140,738	172,887	227,136	229,888	231,716	225,092	199,169	184,327	182,775	173,648	193,624	175,242	200,275	220,008
Compressed natural gas	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	3,819	5,977	18,302	40,655	57,129	90,494	141,075	168,065	207,418	250,651	306,811	378,810	423,247	465,806

KEY: kWh = kilowatt hour; N = data do not exist.

^a Prior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and smaller systems.

^b 1992 to 2003 data include propane, liquid petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, kerosene, and all other nondiesel fuels except compressed natural gas. 1960 to 1991 data include propane. Series not continuous between 1991 and 1992.

NOTES

The heat equivalent factors used in joule conversions are: diesel = 38,657,950 joules/liter; electric = 3,600,000 joules/kWh, negating electrical system loses (to include electrical system loses, multiply this conversion factor by approximately three); gasoline = 34,839,537 joules/liter.

1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.

3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.

SOURCE

American Public Transportation Association, 2006 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 12, 18, 26, 27, 28 and similar tables in earlier editions, Internet site http://www.apta.com/ as of Dec 5, 2007.

Table 4-16M: Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumptiona and Travel

Table 4-16M: Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption^a and Travel