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Table 4-24M: Energy Intensity of Transit Motor Buses
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Vehicle-kilometers
(millions) |
2,536 |
2,459 |
2,268 |
2,456 |
2,699 |
2,998 |
3,428 |
3,487 |
3,505 |
3,556 |
3,479 |
3,514 |
3,574 |
3,612 |
3,500 |
3,663 |
3,725 |
3,825 |
3,880 |
3,896 |
3,977 |
4,015 |
Passenger-kilometers
(millions) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
35,084 |
34,118 |
33,766 |
33,941 |
32,728 |
32,584 |
30,307 |
30,285 |
30,732 |
31,550 |
32,766 |
34,126 |
34,184 |
35,441 |
35,150 |
34,218 |
34,403 |
35,124 |
Fuel
consumed (million liters diesel) |
787 |
939 |
1,026 |
1,382 |
1,632 |
1,961 |
2,132 |
2,169 |
2,241 |
2,179 |
2,139 |
2,134 |
2,187 |
2,262 |
2,296 |
2,340 |
2,404 |
2,223 |
2,116 |
2,039 |
2,084 |
2,021 |
Energy
intensity (kilojoules / passenger-kilometers) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
1,798 |
2,222 |
2,441 |
2,470 |
2,647 |
2,586 |
2,728 |
2,724 |
2,751 |
2,772 |
2,709 |
2,651 |
2,719 |
2,424 |
2,327 |
2,304 |
2,341 |
2,225 |
KEY: N = data do not exist.
NOTES
Heat equivalent factor used for joule
conversion is 38,657,950 joules/liter.
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.
3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.
0.6555814 kilojoule per
passenger-kilometer = 1 British thermal unit (Btu) per passenger-mile.
SOURCE
American Public Transportation Association, 2007 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: 2007), tables 55, 10, 12, 27, and similar
tables in earlier editions, Internet site http://www.apta.com/ as of Nov. 27,
2007.
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