BTS | Table 3-15b. Average Passenger Fares (Chained 1996 $)

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Table 3-15b. Average Passenger Fares (Chained 1996 $)

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	^R1960	^R1965	^R1970	^R1975	^R1980	^R1985	^R1990	^R1991	^R1992	^R1993	^R1994	^R1995	^R1996	^R1997	1998
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service	192.03	181.93	177.59	174.16	184.39	143.77	133.24	125.89	117.06	119.91	109.61	109.68	110.37	110.59	108.33
Class I bus, intercity^a	14.31	14.55	16.64	17.73	23.04	18.61	24.98	25.77	23.90	23.28	21.00	20.67	22.85	19.94	U
Transit, all modes^b (unlinked)	0.81	0.85	0.96	0.88	0.65	0.82	0.83	0.83	0.82	0.84	0.90	0.90	0.93	0.86	0.83
Commuter rail	3.72	3.78	3.67	3.38	3.07	4.43	3.58	3.55	3.49	3.37	3.39	3.22	3.25	3.20	3.11
Intercity/Amtrak^c	24.55	20.90	13.94	42.08	38.62	40.64	47.58	47.53	45.41	42.99	40.53	40.14	42.54	42.95	41.76

^a Regular route intercity service.
^b Prior to 1984, excludes commuter railroad, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand response, and most rural and smaller systems.
^c Amtrak began operations in 1971.

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

SOURCES: See Table 2-15a for data sources.

NOTE: BTS converted current dollars to chained dollars using a combination of deflators constructed from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index and the Bureau of Economic Analysis' chain-type price index.

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