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Bus Profile
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FINANCIAL
Expenditures
($ thousands) |
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School
bus1 |
486,000 |
1,219,000 |
3,833,000 |
8,031,000 |
7,847,000 |
9,889,000 |
9,082,000 |
10,353,000 |
10,326,000 |
10,340,000 |
12,104,000 |
12,624,000 |
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U |
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U |
Operating
revenues ($ thousands) |
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Intercity
bus, Class I2,a |
463,100 |
721,700 |
1,397,378 |
943,268 |
1,161,479 |
1,189,235 |
985,537 |
1,080,083 |
1,074,582 |
1,326,909 |
1,133,822 |
1,117,526 |
1,120,422 |
1,345,056 |
U |
U |
U |
Operating
expenses ($ thousands) |
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Intercity
bus, Class I2,a |
405,400 |
639,000 |
1,318,372 |
1,026,213 |
1,289,834 |
1,253,537 |
941,014 |
1,022,680 |
1,016,208 |
1,313,900 |
1,078,386 |
1,080,186 |
1,092,596 |
1,321,407 |
U |
U |
U |
INVENTORY
Number
of operating companies |
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Intercity
bus, Class I2,a |
143 |
71 |
61 |
31 |
26 |
24 |
20 |
22 |
20 |
18 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
36 |
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Number
of vehicles, all buses3 |
272,129 |
377,562 |
528,789 |
626,987 |
670,423 |
685,503 |
694,781 |
697,548 |
715,540 |
728,777 |
746,125 |
749,548 |
760,717 |
776,550 |
795,274 |
807,053 |
U |
Number
of employees4 (SIC based) |
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Intercity
and rural bus transportation |
40,500 |
43,400 |
37,900 |
26,100 |
23,600 |
23,800 |
23,800 |
22,200 |
24,400 |
23,800 |
24,700 |
25,100 |
23,000 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
School
buses |
N |
N |
79,900 |
111,200 |
125,900 |
131,100 |
132,200 |
136,500 |
141,000 |
146,100 |
146,700 |
147,700 |
148,700 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Number
of employees5 (NAICS based) |
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Interurban
and rural bus transportation |
38,200 |
40,900 |
35,800 |
24,600 |
22,300 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
21,000 |
23,000 |
22,500 |
23,400 |
23,600 |
22,800 |
(R)
21,900 |
20,100 |
20,200 |
19,600 |
School
and employee bus transportation |
N |
N |
81,400 |
114,200 |
130,000 |
135,500 |
136,900 |
141,500 |
146,200 |
151,400 |
152,000 |
153,000 |
161,100 |
(R)
164,800 |
166,600 |
168,800 |
169,600 |
Charter
bus industry |
N |
N |
14,800 |
26,100 |
28,300 |
29,200 |
31,000 |
32,000 |
33,900 |
36,100 |
38,200 |
36,800 |
35,500 |
(R)
33,200 |
32,200 |
31,400 |
30,300 |
PERFORMANCE
Vehicle-miles, all buses (millions)6 |
4,346 |
4,544 |
6,059 |
5,726 |
6,409 |
6,420 |
6,538 |
6,842 |
7,007 |
7,662 |
7,590 |
7,077 |
6,845 |
6,783 |
6,801 |
6,646 |
U |
Rural
highway, total |
2,332 |
2,549 |
3,035 |
3,444 |
3,730 |
3,854 |
3,933 |
4,109 |
4,251 |
4,667 |
4,489 |
4,165 |
3,941 |
3,806 |
3,691 |
3,589 |
U |
Interstate
rural |
N |
339 |
533 |
567 |
683 |
711 |
742 |
794 |
834 |
971 |
978 |
951 |
943 |
995 |
999 |
971 |
U |
Other
arterial rural |
N |
944 |
991 |
995 |
1,154 |
1,171 |
1,186 |
1,243 |
1,282 |
1,375 |
1,270 |
1,133 |
1,104 |
1,001 |
992 |
961 |
U |
Other
rural |
N |
1,266 |
1,511 |
1,882 |
1,893 |
1,972 |
2,005 |
2,072 |
2,135 |
2,321 |
2,241 |
2,081 |
1,894 |
1,810 |
1,700 |
1,658 |
U |
Urban
highwayb, total |
2,014 |
1,995 |
3,024 |
2,283 |
2,679 |
2,566 |
2,605 |
2,733 |
2,756 |
2,995 |
3,101 |
2,912 |
2,904 |
2,977 |
3,110 |
3,057 |
U |
Interstate
urban |
N |
277 |
560 |
455 |
627 |
580 |
598 |
647 |
663 |
752 |
791 |
775 |
803 |
943 |
986 |
964 |
U |
Other
urban |
N |
1,718 |
2,464 |
1,828 |
2,052 |
1,986 |
2,007 |
2,086 |
2,093 |
2,243 |
2,310 |
2,137 |
2,101 |
2,033 |
2,124 |
2,093 |
U |
Passenger-miles
(millions), all buses6 |
N |
N |
N |
121,398 |
135,871 |
136,104 |
138,613 |
145,060 |
148,558 |
162,445 |
160,919 |
150,042 |
145,124 |
143,801 |
144,188 |
140,910 |
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Number
of revenue passengers (thousands) |
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Intercity
bus, total1 |
366,000 |
401,000 |
370,000 |
334,000 |
343,200 |
366,500 |
347,900 |
350,600 |
357,600 |
358,900 |
364,600 |
356,900 |
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Average
miles traveled per vehicle, all buses6 |
15,970 |
12,035 |
11,458 |
9,133 |
9,560 |
9,365 |
9,386 |
9,809 |
9,793 |
10,515 |
10,173 |
9,442 |
8,998 |
8,734 |
8,552 |
8,235 |
U |
Fuel
consumed (million gallons), all buses6 |
827 |
820 |
1,018 |
895 |
964 |
968 |
985 |
1,027 |
1,040 |
1,148 |
1,112 |
1,026 |
1,000 |
969 |
1,360 |
1,329 |
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Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons), all
buses6 |
3,039 |
2,172 |
1,925 |
1,427 |
1,438 |
1,412 |
1,414 |
1,472 |
1,454 |
1,576 |
1,490 |
1,369 |
1,314 |
1,248 |
1,710 |
1,647 |
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Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed,
all buses6 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
6.0 |
6.4 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
6.8 |
7 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
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Average revenue per passenger-mile (cents) (intercity)1 |
2.71 |
3.60 |
7.26 |
11.55 |
11.61 |
12.19 |
12.30 |
12.56 |
12.75 |
12.76 |
12.79 |
12.91 |
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SAFETY
Number of fatalities7 |
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School
bus-related |
N |
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150 |
115 |
107 |
123 |
136 |
131 |
128 |
167 |
147 |
141 |
129 |
138 |
130 |
134 |
U |
School
bus occupants |
N |
N |
9 |
11 |
4 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
21 |
18 |
3 |
11 |
7 |
10 |
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Other vehicle |
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Occupants |
N |
N |
88 |
64 |
64 |
72 |
101 |
97 |
91 |
127 |
99 |
95 |
100 |
99 |
90 |
87 |
U |
Nonoccupants |
N |
N |
53 |
40 |
39 |
38 |
25 |
24 |
31 |
30 |
27 |
28 |
26 |
28 |
33 |
37 |
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Occupant
fatalities, all buses7 |
N |
N |
46 |
32 |
21 |
33 |
21 |
18 |
38 |
59 |
22 |
34 |
45 |
41 |
42 |
58 |
27 |
School
buses |
N |
N |
14 |
13 |
2 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
16 |
16 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
U |
Cross
country buses |
N |
N |
23 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
32 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
3 |
23 |
33 |
U |
Transit
buses |
N |
N |
6 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
U |
Other
and unknown |
N |
N |
3 |
14 |
6 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
13 |
2 |
11 |
17 |
19 |
10 |
14 |
U |
Fatalities
in vehicular accidentsc, all buses8 |
N |
N |
390 |
340 |
286 |
311 |
367 |
339 |
329 |
373 |
(R) 357 |
(R) 331 |
(R) 331 |
(R) 337 |
(R) 315 |
(R) 340 |
331 |
Occupant
fatality rate |
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Per
100 million vehicle-miles, all buses6, 7 |
N |
N |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
U |
Per
10,000 registered vehicles, all buses3, 7 |
N |
N |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
U |
Vehicle
involvement rate (fatal crashes) |
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Per
100 million vehicle-miles, all buses6, 8 |
N |
N |
6.4 |
5.9 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
3.1 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
U |
Per
10,000 registered vehicles, all buses3, 8 |
N |
N |
7.4 |
5.4 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
3.9 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
U |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U =
data are not available.
a In 2003, the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration implemented a program to improve reporting by
Class I intercity bus carriers. This accounts for the large increase in the
number of operating companies between 2002 and 2003, and as a result the large
increase in operating revenues and expenses.
b Urban consists of travel on
all roads and streets in urban places of 5,000 or greater population.
c Includes all fatalities that
occurred in an accident in which a bus was involved.
NOTE
See transit profile for transit bus data.
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted,
refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 Eno
Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation
In America, 19th edition (Washington, DC:
2002), p. 40, 46, and 48.
2
1960-95: Interstate Commerce Commission, Annual
Report of the ICC (Washington, DC: Annual issues), Appendix F, tables 1 and
6. 1996-2002: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class I Motor Carriers of
Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual
issues). 2003: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, personal
communication as of Feb. 16, 2005.
3 U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics
(Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MV-10.
4 1960-2002:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current
Employment Statistics Survey, Internet site
http://www.bls.gov/data/archived.htm as of January 2005; SIC codes: "413
Intercity and rural bus
transportation" and "415 School buses."
5 1960-2006:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current
Employment Statistics Survey, Internet site
http://www.bls.gov/data/sa.htm as of October 2007; NAICS codes: "4852
Interurban and rural bus transportation," "4854 School and employee
bus transportation," and "4855 Charter bus industry."
6 1960-95: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table
VM-201A. 1996-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics
(Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
7 1980-98: Ibid., National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic
Safety Facts 1998, DOT HS 808 983
(Washington, DC: October 1999), tables 74 and 93. 1999-2005: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2005, DOT HS 809 775 (Washington, DC: January 2007).
8 Ibid.,
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Query, Internet site,
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov as of Dec.
2007.
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