Table 3-16: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile (Current ¢),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007, "Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service",6.1,6.1,6.0,7.7,11.5,12.2,13.4,13.2,12.9,13.7,13.1,13.5,13.8,14.0,14.1,14.0,14.6,13.2,12.0,12.3,12.0,12.3,13.0,13.0, Index (1990 = 100),46,46,45,57,86,91,100,99,96,102,98,101,103,104,105,104,109,99,90,92,90,92,97,97, "Class I bus, intercitya",2.7,2.9,3.6,4.9,7.3,9.9,11.6,12.0,11.8,12.0,11.6,12.2,12.3,12.6,12.8,12.8,12.8,12.9,U,U,U,U,U,U, Index (1990 = 100),23,25,31,42,63,86,100,104,102,104,101,106,106,109,110,110,111,112,U,U,U,U,U,U, Commuter rail,2.9,3.3,3.8,4.6,6.7,12.1,13.4,13.0,13.3,14.3,13.5,13.1,13.7,14.7,14.4,14.9,14.6,15.1,15.2,16.2,16.6,18.2,18.0,U, Index (1990 = 100),22,25,28,34,50,90,100,97,99,107,101,97,102,109,107,111,109,112,113,121,124,136,134,U, Intercity / Amtrakb,3.0,3.1,4.0,5.7,8.2,11.3,14.1,14.1,14.1,14.0,13.7,14.6,16.6,17.3,17.5,18.4,23.2,24.9,26.8,25.0,26.0,27.2,29.7,30.7, Index (1990 = 100),21,22,28,40,58,80,100,100,100,99,97,103,118,123,124,130,165,176,190,177,(R) 184,(R) 192,(R) 210,217, Consumer Price Index (1990 = 100),23,24,30,41,63,82,100,104,107,111,113,117,120,123,125,127,132,136,138,141,145,149,154,159, KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a Regular route intercity service.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, b Amtrak began operations in 1971.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, NOTE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The Bureau of Transportation Statistics rebased the consumer price index from 1982-84=100 to 1990=100. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "1985-2007: 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 3 and similar pages in previous editions; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 3, line 9, 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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "1990-2006: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book 2008 (Washington, DC: 2008), tables 2 and 40 (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).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "2003-07: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2008 (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in previous editions (passenger revenue/revenue passenger miles).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Consumer Price Index:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "1960-2007: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index-Urban, U.S. All Items Indexes, available at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ as of Apr. 08, 2009.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,