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TABLE 30c Person-Miles by Transit: 2001

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  Miles (millions) Percent
Transit 44,890 100.00
Bus 23,649 52.7
Subway/elevated rail 11,488 25.6
Street car/trolley 615 1.4
Commuter train 8,191 18.2
Passenger line/ferry 947 2.1

NOTE: Data are from the daily travel segment of the 2001 National Household Travel Survey. Long-distance travel data (i.e., trips of 50 miles or more collected during a 4-week travel period) are not included here.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, National Household Travel Survey, Preliminary Data Release Version 1, available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/, as of January 2003.