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Table 4-15M: 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 |
Vehicle-kilometers
traveled (millions) |
6,920 |
7,564 |
7,242 |
9,817 |
9,817 |
7,242 |
9,173 |
9,334 |
9,334 |
9,817 |
10,300 |
10,300 |
10,562 |
11,011 |
11,277 |
12,331 |
12,215 |
11,389 |
11,016 |
10,916 |
(R) 10,945 |
10,696 |
Fuel
consumed (million liters) |
3,131 |
3,312 |
3,104 |
3,986 |
3,854 |
3,157 |
3,388 |
3,271 |
3,324 |
3,517 |
3,649 |
3,664 |
3,747 |
3,886 |
3,938 |
4,347 |
4,210 |
3,883 |
3,784 |
3,668 |
(R) 5,149 |
5,032 |
Average
kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands) |
25.4 |
24.1 |
19.2 |
21.2 |
18.6 |
12.2 |
14.6 |
14.8 |
14.5 |
15.0 |
15.4 |
15.0 |
15.2 |
15.8 |
15.8 |
16.9 |
16.4 |
9.4 |
14.5 |
14.1 |
(R) 13.8 |
13.3 |
Average
kilometers traveled per gallon |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
6.9 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
(R) 2.1 |
2.1 |
Average
fuel consumed per vehicle (liters) |
11,504 |
10,539 |
8,221 |
8,625 |
7,287 |
5,319 |
5,404 |
5,181 |
5,155 |
5,374 |
5,443 |
5,345 |
5,394 |
5,571 |
5,504 |
5,965 |
5,642 |
1,369 |
4,974 |
4,723 |
(R) 6,474 |
6,235 |
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.
1995-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
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