BTS | TABLE 34a Average per Mile Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile: 1991-2001

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BTS Home > Publications > Transportation Statistics Annual Report > 2003 > Appendix B

TABLE 34a Average per Mile Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile: 1991-2001

(Chained 1996 dollars)

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	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total Costs	0.43	0.43	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.43	0.45	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.50
Variable	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06
Fixed	0.32	0.34	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.36	0.37	0.37	0.37

NOTES: Data are the cost per mile based on 15,000 miles per year.

Current dollars (see table 34b) were adjusted to eliminate the effects of inflation over time.

SOURCES: 1991-1998-U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 3-14. 1999-2001-American Automobile Association, "Your Driving Costs" (Heathrow, FL: 1999-2002 issues).