Table 3-15b: Average Passenger Fares(Chained 2000 $)
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available. a Regular route intercity service. b Prior to 1984, excludes commuter railroad, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems. c This category is now deflated using the mass transit deflator instead of the intercity rail deflator used in previous editions. d Amtrak began operations in 1971. SOURCES Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service: 1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: February 1970), part III, table 2 (enplanements); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenue). 1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974), part III, table 2 (enplanements); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenue). 1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 1, line 3; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 16 (passenger revenue / revenue passenger enplanements). 1985-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues); and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues) (passenger revenue / revenue passenger enplanements). Class I bus, intercity: 1960-93: Interstate Commerce Commission, Transport Statistics in the United States, Motor Carriers (Washington, DC: Annual issues), part 2. 1994-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (operating revenue / revenue passengers). Transit and commuter rail: 1960-2005: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), table 7 and table 51, and similar tables in earlier editions (passenger fares / passenger trips). Intercity rail / Amtrak: 1960-70: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues). 1975-80: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication. 1985: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (transportation revenues / Amtrak system passenger trips). 1990-2002: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (ticket revenue per passenger mile x average trip length of passengers). 2003-06: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues). Find this web page at:
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