TABLE 6-2a  Average Cost per Mile of Owning and Operating an Automobile: 1992–2002,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Chained 2000 dollars
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,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,,
Variable costs,0.11,0.11,0.11,0.11,0.11,0.12,0.13,0.12,0.12,0.14,0.12,,
Fixed costs,0.34,0.33,0.32,0.32,0.33,0.34,0.36,0.37,0.37,0.37,0.39,,
Total costs,0.45,0.44,0.43,0.43,0.44,0.46,0.49,0.49,0.49,0.51,0.51,,
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NOTES: Data are the cost per mile based on 15,000 miles per year.  Current dollar amounts (see table 6-2b) were converted to chained 2000 dollars by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to eliminate the effects of inflation over time.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), calculations based on USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2003, table 3-14, available at http://www.bts.gov, as of March 2004.",,,,,,,,,,,,,


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