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Table 3-16: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile(Current ยข)
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available. a Regular route intercity service. b Amtrak began operations in 1971. c Beginning in 1998, data reflect changes in series composition and renaming. d Beginning in 1999, data reflect changes in the formula used for calculating the basic components of the Consumer Price Index. SOURCES Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service: 1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: February 1970), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues). 1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues). 1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 3. Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4, line 9. 1985-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4, line 9 and similar pages in previous editions; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4 and similar pages in previous editions (total passenger operating revenues / total revenue passenger-miles). Intercity class I bus: 1960-2001: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 48. Commuter rail: 1960-1985: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 48. 1990-2005: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), tables 10 and 51 (passenger fares / passenger miles). Intercity / Amtrak: 1960-70: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues). 1975-80: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1994 (Lansdowne, VA: 1994), p. 50. 1985-2002: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (transportation revenues / passenger-miles). 2003-06: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 77 and similar pages in previous editions (passenger revenue/revenue passenger miles). Consumer Price Index: 1960-2006: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), table B-60. Find this web page at:
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