Table 4-15M:  Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003
Number registered (thousands),272,314,378,462,529,593,627,631,645,654,670,686,695,698,716,729,746,750,761,777
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","(R) 11,016","10,683"
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","(R) 3,784","3,621"
Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands),25.4,24.1,19.2,21.2,18.6,12.2,14.6,14.8,14.5,15.0,15.4,15.0,15.2,15.8,15.8,16.9,16.4,15.2,14.5,13.8
Average kilometers traveled per liter,2.2,2.3,2.3,2.5,2.5,2.3,2.7,2.9,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.9,2.8,2.9,2.9,2.9,2.9
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","5,182","(R) 4,974","4,663"
KEY:  R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTES ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Includes both publicly and privately owned school, transit, and other commercial buses.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1995-2003: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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