Bus Profile
Bus Profile
FINANCIAL | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Expenditures ($ thousands) | ||||||||||
School bus | 1 486,000 | 1 1,219,000 | 1 3,833,000 | 1 8,031,000 | 1 9,889,000 | 1 9,082,000 | 1 10,353,000 | 1 10,326,000 | 1 10,340,000 | U |
Operating revenues ($ thousands) | ||||||||||
Intercity bus, Class I | 2 463,100 | 2 721,700 | 2 1,397,378 | 2 943,268 | 9 1,189,235 | R,9 985,537 | 9 1,080,083 | 9 1,074,582 | 9 1,326,909 | 1,133,822 |
Operating expenses ($ thousands) | ||||||||||
Intercity bus, Class I | 405,400 | 639,000 | 1,318,372 | 1,026,213 | 1,253,537 | R941,014 | 1,022,680 | 1,016,208 | 1,313,900 | 1,078,386 |
INVENTORY | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Number of operating companies | ||||||||||
Intercity bus, Class I | 143 | 71 | 61 | 31 | 9 24 | 9 20 | 22 | 9 20 | 9 18 | 9 15 |
Number of vehicles, all buses | 3 272,129 | 3 377,562 | 3 528,789 | 3 626,987 | 3 685,503 | 3 694,781 | 3 697,548 | 3 715,540 | 3 728,777 | 3 746,125 |
Number of employees | ||||||||||
Intercity and rural bus | 4 40,500 | 4 43,400 | 4 37,900 | 4 26,100 | 10 23,800 | 10 23,800 | 10 22,200 | 10 24,400 | 10 23,800 | 10 24,700 |
School bus | N | N | 79,900 | 111,200 | 131,100 | 132,200 | 136,500 | 141,000 | 146,100 | 146,700 |
PERFORMANCE | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Vehicle-miles, all buses (millions) | 4,346 | 4,544 | 6,059 | 5,726 | 6,420 | 6,538 | 6,842 | 7,007 | R7,662 | 7,601 |
Rural highway, total | 5 2,332 | 2,549 | 3,035 | 3,444 | 3,854 | 3,933 | 4,109 | 4,251 | R4,667 | 4,498 |
Interstate rural | N | 5 339 | 5 533 | 5 567 | 6 711 | 6 742 | 6 794 | 6 834 | 6 971 | 981 |
Other arterial rural | N | 944 | 991 | 995 | 1,171 | 1,186 | 1,243 | 1,282 | 1,375 | 1,270 |
Other rural | N | 1,266 | 1,511 | 1,882 | 1,972 | 2,005 | 2,072 | 2,135 | R2,321 | 2,247 |
Urban highwaya, total | 2,014 | 1,995 | 3,024 | 2,283 | 2,566 | 2,605 | 2,733 | 2,756 | 2,995 | 3,103 |
Interstate urban | N | 277 | 560 | 455 | 580 | 598 | 647 | 663 | R752 | 791 |
Other urban | N | 1,718 | 2,464 | 1,828 | 1,986 | 2,007 | 2,086 | 2,093 | R2,243 | 2,312 |
Passenger-miles (millions), all buses | N | N | N | 121,398 | 136,104 | 138,613 | 145,060 | 148,558 | R162,445 | 161,152 |
Number of revenue passengers (thousands) | ||||||||||
Intercity bus, total | 1 366,000 | 1 401,000 | 1 370,000 | 1 334,000 | 1 366,500 | 1 347,900 | 1 350,600 | 1 357,600 | 1 358,900 | U |
Average miles traveled per vehicle, all buses | 6 15,970 | 6 12,035 | 6 11,458 | 6 9,133 | 6 9,365 | 6 9,386 | 6 9,809 | 6 9,793 | 6 10,515 | 6 10,187 |
Fuel consumed (million gallons), all buses | 827 | 820 | 1,018 | 895 | 968 | 985 | 1,027 | 1,040 | 1,148 | 1,110 |
Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons), all buses | 3,039 | 2,172 | 1,925 | 1,427 | 1,412 | 1,414 | 1,472 | 1,454 | R1,576 | 1,488 |
Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed, all buses | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
Average revenue per passenger-mile (cents) (intercity) | 1 2.71 | 1 3.60 | 1 7.26 | 1 11.55 | 1 12.19 | 1 12.30 | 1 12.56 | 1 12.75 | 1 12.76 | U |
SAFETY | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Number of fatalities | ||||||||||
School bus-related | N | N | 7 150 | 7 115 | 7 123 | 7 136 | 7 131 | 7 128 | 11 167 | 11 144 |
School bus occupants | N | N | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
Other vehicle | ||||||||||
Occupants | N | N | 88 | 64 | 72 | 101 | 99 | 91 | 127 | 98 |
Nonoccupants | N | N | 53 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 26 |
Occupant fatalities, all buses | N | N | 46 | 32 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 38 | 12 59 | 12 22 |
School buses | N | N | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
Cross country buses | N | N | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 3 |
Transit buses | N | N | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Other and unknown | N | N | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 |
Fatalities in vehicular accidentsb, all buses | N | N | 8 390 | 8 340 | 8 311 | 8 367 | 8 339 | 8 328 | 8 373 | U |
Occupant fatality rate | ||||||||||
Per 100 million vehicle-miles, all buses | N | N | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Per 10,000 registered vehicles, all buses | N | N | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Vehicle involvement rate (fatal crashes) | ||||||||||
Per 100 million vehicle-miles, all buses | N | N | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | U |
Per 10,000 registered vehicles, all buses | N | N | 7.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | U |
KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Urban consists of travel on all roads and streets in urban places of 5,000 or greater population.
b Includes all fatalities that occurred in an accident in which a bus was involved.
NOTE
See transit profile for transit bus data.
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 11, 16, and 18.
2 Interstate Commerce Commission, Annual Report of the ICC (Washington, DC: Annual issues), Appendix F, tables 1 and 6.
3 U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MV-10.
4 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-1994 (Washington, DC: September 1994), SIC codes 413 and 415.
5 Ibid., Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.
6 Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
7 Ibid., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1998, DOT HS 808 983 (Washington, DC: October 1999), tables 74 and 93.
8 Ibid., Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Query, Internet site, http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov as of January 2003.
9 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
10 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-1994 (Washington, DC: September 1994), Internet site www.bls.gov as of Jan 20, 2003.
11 Ibid., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2001 Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, DOT HS 809 332 (Washington, DC: December 2002).
12 Ibid., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2001, DOT HS 809 484 (Washington, DC: December 2002), table 74.