Table 4-15M: Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 4-15M: Bus Fuel Consumption and Travel
| 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number registered (thousands) | 272 | 314 | 378 | 462 | 529 | 593 | 627 | 631 | 645 | 654 | 670 | 686 | 695 | 698 | 716 | 729 | 746 |
| Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions) | 6,920 | 7,564 | 7,242 | 9,817 | 9,817 | 7,242 | 9,173 | 9,334 | 9,334 | 9,817 | 10,300 | 10,300 | 10,622 | 11,011 | R11,277 | 12,331 | 12,233 |
| Fuel consumed (million liters) | 3,131 | 3,312 | 3,104 | 3,986 | 3,854 | 3,157 | 3,388 | 3,271 | 3,324 | 3,517 | 3,649 | 3,664 | 3,748 | 3,888 | R3,937 | 4,346 | 4,202 |
| Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands) | 25.7 | 24.0 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 18.4 | 12.1 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 |
| Average kilometers traveled per liter | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters) | 11,504 | 10,539 | 8,221 | 8,627 | 7,291 | 5,319 | 5,406 | 5,181 | 5,155 | 5,374 | 5,443 | 5,345 | 5,394 | 5,568 | R5,504 | 5,966 | 5,633 |
KEY: R = revised.
NOTES: Includes both publicly and privately owned school, transit, and other commercial buses.
Numbers may differ slightly from previous year's metric tables because a higher precision conversion factor was used.
SOURCES: 1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.
1995-2000: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.