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Table 4-15: Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
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| Number registered (thousands) |
272 |
314 |
378 |
462 |
529 |
593 |
627 |
686 |
695 |
698 |
716 |
729 |
746 |
| Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) |
4,300 |
4,700 |
4,500 |
6,100 |
6,100 |
4,500 |
5,700 |
6,400 |
6,600 |
6,842 |
R7,007 |
7,662 |
7,601 |
| Fuel consumed (million gallons) |
827 |
875 |
820 |
1,053 |
1,018 |
834 |
895 |
968 |
990 |
1,027 |
R1,040 |
1,148 |
1,110 |
| Average miles traveled per vehicle (thousands) |
16.0 |
14.9 |
12.0 |
13.1 |
11.5 |
7.5 |
9.1 |
9.4 |
9.4 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
10.5 |
10 |
| Average miles traveled per gallon |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
6.4 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
7 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) |
3,039 |
2,784 |
2,172 |
2,279 |
1,926 |
1,405 |
1,428 |
1,412 |
1,425 |
1,471 |
R1,454 |
1,576 |
1,488 |
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.
1995-2001: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
table VM-1.
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