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Table 1-40: U.S. Passenger-Miles (Millions)

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Air
Air carrier, certificated, domestic, all services	31,099	53,226	108,442	119,591	190,766	275,864	345,873	338,085	354,764	362,227	388,410	403,912	434,652	450,673	462,754	487,940	(R) 515,598	486,506	(R) 483,525	(R) 505,602	(R) 558,194	(R) 583,771	(R) 588,471	(R) 607,564	(R) 583,292	(R) 551,741	564,790
Highway, total	1,272,078	1,555,237	2,042,002	2,404,954	2,653,510	3,012,953	3,561,209	3,600,322	3,697,719	3,768,066	3,837,512	3,868,070	3,968,386	4,089,366	4,200,634	4,304,270	4,550,574	4,589,049	4,689,938	4,740,739	4,867,748	4,901,211	4,955,063	4,981,088	4,900,171	(R) 4,241,346	4,244,157
Light duty vehicle, short wheel base^a,b,c	1,144,673	1,394,803	1,750,897	1,954,166	2,011,989	2,094,621	2,281,391	2,200,260	2,208,226	2,213,281	2,249,742	2,286,887	2,337,068	2,389,065	2,463,828	2,494,870	3,107,729	3,139,120	3,216,786	3,240,359	3,290,560	3,312,355	3,235,752	3,324,977	3,199,116	(R) 2,800,603	2,814,055
Motorcycle^b,c	U	U	3,277	6,192	12,257	11,812	12,424	11,656	11,946	12,184	12,390	10,777	10,912	11,089	11,311	11,642	15,463	14,123	14,187	14,457	19,019	17,492	24,329	27,173	26,430	(R) 22,428	19,886
Light duty vehicle, long wheel base^a,b,c	U	U	225,613	363,267	520,774	688,091	999,754	1,116,958	1,201,667	1,252,860	1,269,292	1,256,146	1,298,299	1,352,675	1,380,557	1,432,625	851,762	888,135	900,693	915,962	987,258	1,007,637	1,096,712	1,017,007	1,049,667	(R) 824,994	831,312
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more^c	98,551	128,769	27,081	34,606	39,813	45,441	51,901	52,898	53,874	56,772	61,284	62,705	64,072	66,893	68,021	70,304	100,486	103,470	107,317	112,723	111,238	109,735	123,318	119,979	126,855	(R) 120,207	110,674
Truck, combination	28,854	31,665	35,134	46,724	68,678	78,063	94,341	96,645	99,510	103,116	108,932	115,451	118,899	124,584	128,359	132,384	161,238	168,969	168,217	173,539	172,960	175,128	177,321	184,199	183,826	(R) 168,100	175,911
Bus^d	U	U	U	U	U	94,925	121,398	121,906	122,496	129,852	135,871	136,104	139,136	145,060	148,558	162,445	313,897	275,231	282,739	283,699	286,714	278,864	297,631	307,753	314,278	(R) 305,014	292,319
Transit, total ^e	U	U	U	U	39,854	39,581	41,143	40,703	40,241	39,384	39,585	39,808	38,984	40,180	41,605	43,279	45,100	46,508	46,096	45,677	46,546	47,125	49,504	51,873	53,712	53,898	52,627
Motor bus^f	U	U	U	U	21,790	21,161	20,981	21,090	20,336	20,247	18,832	18,818	16,802	17,509	17,874	18,684	18,807	19,583	19,679	19,179	18,921	19,425	20,390	20,388	21,198	21,100	20,570
Light rail	U	U	U	U	381	350	571	662	701	705	833	860	955	1,024	1,115	1,190	1,339	1,427	1,432	1,476	1,576	1,700	1,866	1,930	2,081	2,196	2,173
Heavy rail	U	U	U	U	10,558	10,427	11,475	10,528	10,737	10,231	10,668	10,559	11,530	12,056	12,284	12,902	13,844	14,178	13,663	13,606	14,354	14,418	14,721	16,138	16,850	16,805	16,407
Trolley bus	U	U	U	U	219	306	193	195	199	188	187	187	184	189	182	186	192	187	188	176	173	173	164	156	161	168	169
Commuter rail	4,197	4,128	4,592	4,513	6,516	6,534	7,082	7,344	7,320	6,940	7,996	8,244	8,350	8,037	8,702	8,764	9,400	9,544	9,500	9,555	9,715	9,470	10,359	11,137	11,032	11,129	10,774
Demand responsive^f	U	U	U	U	U	364	431	454	495	562	577	607	391	531	513	559	588	626	651	689	704	738	753	778	844	881	874
Ferry boat^f	U	U	U	U	U	U	286	282	271	260	260	260	255	254	280	295	298	295	301	367	357	359	360	381	390	365	389
Other^f	U	U	U	U	390	439	124	148	182	251	232	273	516	579	654	699	632	668	683	629	745	842	891	966	1,156	1,254	1,272
Rail
Intercity/Amtrak^g	17,064	13,260	6,179	3,931	4,503	4,825	6,057	6,273	6,091	6,199	5,921	5,545	5,050	5,166	5,304	5,330	5,498	5,559	5,468	5,680	5,511	5,381	5,410	5,784	6,179	5,914	6,420

KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a 1960-99 data are for Passenger Cars and Other 2-axle, 4-tire vehicles, respectively. Data for 1960-99 are not comparable to data for 2000-09.

^b U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), provides data separately for Light duty vehicle, short wheel base (formerly Passenger car) and Motorcycle in its annual Highway Statistics series. However, the 1995 summary report provides updated data for Light duty vehicle, short wheel base (formerly Passenger car) and Motorcycle combined. Light duty vehicle, short wheel base (formerly Passenger car) figures in this table were computed by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, by subtracting the most current motorcycle figures from the aggregate Light duty vehicle, short wheel base (formerly Passenger car) and Motorcycle figures.

^c 1960-65, Motorcycle data are included in Light duty vehicle, short wheel base (formerly Passenger car), and Long duty vehicle, long wheel base (formerly Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle) data are included in Single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more Truck.

^dMotor bus and demand responsive figures are also included in the bus figure for highway.

^e Prior to 1985, excludes demand responsive and most rural and smaller systems funded via Sections 18 and 16(b)2, Federal Transit Act. The series is not continuous between 1980 and 1985. Transit rail modes are measured in car-miles. Car-miles measure individual vehicle-miles in a train. A 10-car train traveling 1 mile would equal 1 train-mile and 10 car-miles.

^f Ferry boat included with Other under Transit for 1980 and 1985.

^g National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) began operations in 1971. Does not include contract commuter passengers.

NOTES

Air carrier passenger-miles are computed by summing the products of the aircraft-miles flown on each inter airport segment multiplied by the number of passengers carried on that segment. Highway passenger-miles from 1960 to 1994 are calculated by multiplying vehicle-miles of travel as cited by FHWA by the average number of occupants for each vehicle type. Average vehicle occupancy rates are based on various sources, such as the National Household Travel Survey, conducted by the Federal Highway Administration, and the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Transit passenger-miles are the cumulative sum of the distances ridden by each passenger. Rail passenger-miles represent the movement of 1 passenger for 1 mile.

In July 1997, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration published revised passenger-miles data for the highway modes for a number of years. The major change reflected the reassignment of some vehicles from the Passenger car category to the Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle category. Passenger-miles for passenger car, motorcycle, and other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles were derived by multiplying vehicle-miles for these vehicles by average vehicle occupancy rates, provided by the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (1977, 1983, and 1995) and the National Household Travel Survey (2001). Again in March 2011, the methodology and data categories of the Highway Statistics series were updated. The new category Light duty vehicle, short wheel base includes passenger cars, light trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) with a wheel base equal to or less than 121 inches. The new category Light duty vehicle, long wheel base includes large passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs with a wheel base longer than 121 inches. The data are revised with the new methodology back to the year 2000, so the data from 1980-99 are not comparable. In addition, this edition of table 1-40 is not comparable to previous editions.

Transit data from 1996 and after are not comparable to the data for earlier years or to the data published in previous editions of the report due to different data sources used.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

Air:

Air carrier, domestic, all services:

1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970), part III, table 2.

1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: 1974), part III, table 2.

1975-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Summary : T1: U.S. Air Carrier Traffic And Capacity Summary by Service Class, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.asp?Table_ID=264&DB_Short_Name=Air%20Carrier%20Summary as of Jan. 12, 2012.

Highway:

Passenger car and motorcycle:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 6, 2011.

1995-99: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 6, 2011.

Light duty vehicle, short wheel base:

2000-10: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 12, 2012.

Motorcycle:

1970-80: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1985 (Washington, DC: 1986), table VM-201A.

1985-2010: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 12, 2012.

Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle:

1970-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 6, 2011.

1995-99: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 6, 2011.

Light duty vehicle, long wheel base:

Single-unit 2-axle 6-tires or more truck, combination truck, and bus:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 6, 2011.

1995-2010: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 12, 2012.

Transit:

Ferryboat:

1992: American Public Transit Association, personal communication, July 19, 2000.

1993-95: American Public Transit Association, personal communication, Aug. 13, 2001.

1996-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of May 9, 2011.

All other data:

1960-1995: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2 and similar tables in earlier editions.

1996-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of May 9, 2011.

Rail, Intercity / Amtrak:

1960-80: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

1985: Amtrak, Amtrak FY95 Annual Report (Washington, DC: 1996), Statistical Appendix, page 4.

1990-2002: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), Statistical Appendix.

2003-10: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), page 77.