BTS | Table 1-25. Average Age of Urban Transit Vehicles (Years)

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Table 1-25. Average Age of Urban Transit Vehicles (Years)

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	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Transit rail
Commuter rail locomotives^a	16.3	15.7	15.3	15.8	15.6	15.3	15.9	17.6	17.0	14.7
Commuter rail passenger coaches	19.1	17.6	17.3	19.3	18.6	20.1	21.4	24.1	21.6	19.4
Commuter rail self-propelled passenger cars	12.3	15.9	16.5	17.6	18.2	16.0	19.8	21.1	22.3	23.2
Heavy-rail passenger cars	17.1	16.2	16.9	17.7	17.8	15.8	19.3	20.2	21.1	22.0
Light rail vehicles (streetcars)	20.6	15.2	16.6	17.0	14.9	16.7	16.8	16.0	15.9	15.7
Transit bus^b
Articulated	3.4	7.6	8.2	9.1	9.5	9.1	10.9	11.5	11.9	11.3
Full-size	8.1	8.2	8.0	8.3	8.5	9.9	8.7	8.8	8.6	8.5
Mid-size	5.6	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.4	7.2	6.9	6.3	5.8	5.7
Small	4.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0
Trolley	U	10.9	10.3	11.2	12.0	11.1	13.1	14.0	14.7	14.6
Other
Vans	3.8	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.9	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.9
Ferry boats	U	21.7	19.6	22.7	24.7	23.5	23.4	25.3	25.4	25.8

^a Locomotives used in Amtrak intercity passenger services are not included.
^b Full-size buses have more than 35 seats; mid-size buses have 25-35 seats; small buses have fewer than 25 seats.

KEY: U = data are not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 28 and similar tables in earlier editions.

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