TABLE 37/38b Average
Transit Fare per Passenger-Mile: Fiscal Years 1990-2000
(Chained 1996 dollars)
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| Bus |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
| Commuter rail |
0.17 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
| Demand responsive |
0.12 |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.19 |
0.33 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
0.22 |
0.19 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
| Heavy rail |
0.19 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
0.21 |
0.21 |
0.21 |
0.20 |
0.19 |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
| Light rail |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.16 |
0.17 |
0.18 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.13 |
| Trolley bus |
0.30 |
0.33 |
0.29 |
0.32 |
0.33 |
0.32 |
0.30 |
0.30 |
0.30 |
0.32 |
0.31 |
| Other |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.17 |
0.20 |
0.19 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.11 |
0.12 |
0.13 |
| Total |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.19 |
0.19 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
NOTES: Data for 2000 are preliminary. Beginning
in 1991, fares include subsidies formerly classified as "Other"
operating funding.
Current dollars (see table 37/38a) were adjusted to eliminate the effects
of inflation over time.
Commuter rail-Urban/suburban
passenger train service for short-distance travel between a central city and
adjacent suburbs run on tracks of a traditional railroad system. Does not
include heavy- or light-rail transit service.
Heavy rail-High-speed transit rail
operated on rights-of-way that exlcude all other vehicles and pedestrians.
Light rail-Urban transit rail
operated on a reserved right-of-way that may be crossed by roads used by
motor vehicles and pedestrians.
Demand responsive-A
nonfixed-route, nonfixed-schedule form of transportation that operates in
response to calls from passengers or their agents to the transit operator or
dispatcher.
SOURCE: American Public
Transportation Association, Public
Transportation Fact Book 2001, tables 18
and 26, available at http://www.apta.com/stats/fares/faremode.htm, as of
February 2003. Modal definitions—U.S. Department of Transportaton, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Pocket Guide to Transportation 2003 (Washington, DC: 2003), glossary.
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