Table 8-1
Domestic Passenger Travel by Mode
(Billions (or thousand millions) of passenger-miles)
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| Passenger-miles, total |
N |
e325 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
3,543 |
4,130 |
4,252 |
| Air |
N |
N |
N |
6 |
8.6 |
e8.1 |
359 |
414 |
445 |
| Air carriers |
r16 |
r16 |
r17 |
6 |
8.6 |
e8.1 |
346 |
404 |
435 |
| Road |
N |
e309 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
3,159 |
3,690 |
3,779 |
| Personal vehicles |
N |
e290 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
3,037 |
3,554 |
3,641 |
| Passenger cars |
N |
e229 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
2,129 |
2,287 |
2,334 |
| Motorcycles |
N |
e1 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
12 |
11 |
11 |
| Light trucks |
N |
e60 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
896 |
1,256 |
1,296 |
| Bus |
N |
e19 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
121 |
136 |
139 |
| Charter |
N |
e2 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Intercity |
N |
e2 |
N |
e168.7 |
e238.0 |
e242.6 |
N |
N |
N |
| Local motor |
N |
e8 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
21 |
19 |
19 |
| School |
N |
e8 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Rail |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Intercity passenger |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
| Transit |
N |
a |
N |
N |
N |
N |
41 |
40 |
41 |
| Transit rail |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| Water transport |
N |
N |
N |
0.12 |
0.12 |
0.12 |
N |
N |
N |
aData for all transit services for 1995 are included in the estimate for local motor bus, under road. The transit rail portion of transitservices cannot be broken out.
KEY: e = Data are estimated. N = Data are nonexistent. p = Data are preliminary. r = Data are revised.
NOTES
All Countries
Air: The U.S. total for air represents both air carriers and general aviation. However, only the large certificated air carriers are included.
See Appendix B for a more complete explanation. The Mexican air total
represents only scheduled air carriers. However, nonscheduledand general
aviation represent a very small share of passenger travel in Mexico. Canadian
data for total air activity are nonexistentbecause data for general aviation
are not collected.
Road: Data do not include passenger travel by commercial freight vehicles.
Transit and water transport: For the United States, ferry activity is
included in the total for transit. For Mexico, data for overall transitactivity
are nonexistent because the data are not collected. However, Mexican data
for water transport do represent ferry activity.
Canadian data for transit overall and ferry activity are nonexistent
because the data are not collected.
Canada
Air carriers: Includes level I to III Canadian air carriers. For a definition
of these, See Appendix B.
Mexico
Air: Data for general aviation are not included in the air total.
Intercity bus: Data refer to intercity buses utilizing Mexico's federal
highway system.
United States
Passenger-miles, total: Is not the sum of the subcategories because local
motor bus is included in both the road and transit totals. Thisdouble
counting has been removed from the overall total.
SOURCES
Canada
Air carriers: Statistics Canada. Canadian Civil Aviation, Catalogue
No. 51-206-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Road: Transport Canada. Ministry of Public Works and Government Services.
Transportation in Canada 1997 - Annual Report. (Ottawa,Ont.: 1998).
Rail: Statistics Canada. Rail in Canada, Catalogue No. 52-216-XPB.
(Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Mexico
Air: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección
General de Aeronáutica Civil. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
Road: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección
General de Autotransporte Federal. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1997).
Rail: Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Series Estadísticas,
1990,1995 y 1996. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Water transport: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Coordinación
General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. (Mexico City,D.F.: 1998).
United States
Air: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Office of Airline Information. Air Carrier Traffic Statistics. (Washington,
DC: 1986-1997).
U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Statistical
Handbook of Aviation 1996. Web site: www.bts.gov
Road: U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration.
Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995.(Washington, DC:1996).
U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Highway
Statistics, 1996. (Washington, DC: 1997).
American Public Transit Association (APTA). Transit Fact Book. (Washington,
DC: various years).
Intercity passenger rail: National Railroad Passenger Corp. Amtrak
Annual Report 1996. (Washington, DC: 1996).
Transit rail: American Public Transit Association. Transit Fact Book.
(Washington, DC: various years).
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