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Table 3-16: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile
(Current ¢)
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| 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.
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