Table 3-15b,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Average Passenger Fares (Chained 1996 $),,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,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, intercitya",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 modesb (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/Amtrakc,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.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,