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Table 4-15: Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
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| Number registered (thousands) |
272 |
314 |
378 |
462 |
529 |
593 |
627 |
631 |
645 |
654 |
670 |
686 |
695 |
698 |
716 |
729 |
746 |
750 |
761 |
777 |
795 |
807 |
822 |
| Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) |
4,300 |
4,700 |
4,500 |
6,100 |
6,100 |
4,500 |
5,700 |
5,800 |
5,800 |
6,100 |
6,400 |
6,400 |
6,563 |
6,842 |
7,007 |
7,662 |
7,590 |
7,077 |
6,845 |
6,783 |
6,801 |
(R) 6,980 |
6,994 |
| Fuel consumed (million gallons) |
827 |
875 |
820 |
1,053 |
1,018 |
834 |
895 |
864 |
878 |
929 |
964 |
968 |
990 |
1,027 |
1,040 |
1,148 |
1,112 |
1,026 |
1,000 |
969 |
1,360 |
(R) 1,120 |
1,147 |
| Average miles traveled per vehicle (thousands) |
15.8 |
15.0 |
11.9 |
13.2 |
11.5 |
7.6 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
9.5 |
9.3 |
9.4 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
10.5 |
10.2 |
9.4 |
9.0 |
8.7 |
8.6 |
(R) 8.6 |
8.5 |
| Average miles traveled per gallon |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
(R) 6.2 |
6.1 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) |
3,039 |
2,784 |
2,172 |
2,278 |
1,925 |
1,405 |
1,427 |
1,369 |
1,362 |
1,420 |
1,438 |
1,412 |
1,425 |
1,472 |
1,454 |
1,576 |
1,490 |
1,369 |
1,314 |
1,248 |
1,710 |
(R) 1,388 |
1,396 |
KEY: R = revised.
NOTE
Includes both publicly and privately owned school, transit, and other commercial buses.
SOURCES
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.
1995-2006: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
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