Table 3-16: Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile

(Current )

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service	6.1	6.1	6.0	7.7	11.5	12.2	13.4	13.2	12.9	13.7	13.1	13.5	13.8	14.0	14.1	14.0	14.6	13.2	12.0	(R) 12.3	12.0	12.3
Index (1990 = 100)	46	46	45	57	86	91	100	99	96	102	98	101	103	104	105	104	109	99	90	(R) 92	90	92
Class I bus, intercitya	2.7	2.9	3.6	4.9	7.3	9.9	11.6	12.0	11.8	12.0	11.6	12.2	12.3	12.6	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	U	U	U	U
Index (1990 = 100)	23	25	31	42	63	86	100	104	102	104	101	106	106	109	110	110	111	112	U	U	U	U
Commuter rail	2.9	3.3	3.8	4.6	6.7	12.1	(R) 13.4	(R) 13.0	(R) 13.3	(R) 14.3	(R) 13.5	(R) 13.1	(R) 13.7	(R) 14.7	(R) 14.4	(R) 14.9	(R) 14.6	(R) 15.1	15.2	16.2	16.6	U
Index (1990 = 100)	22	25	28	34	50	90	(R) 100	(R) 97	(R) 99	(R) 107	(R) 101	(R) 97	(R) 102	(R) 109	(R) 107	(R) 111	(R) 109	(R) 112	113	121	124	U
Intercity / Amtrakb	3.0	3.1	4.0	5.7	8.2	11.3	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.7	14.6	16.6	17.3	17.5	18.4	23.2	24.9	26.8	25.0	26.0	U
Index (1990 = 100)	21	22	28	40	58	80	100	100	100	99	97	103	118	123	124	130	165	176	190	177	185	U
Consumer Price Index (1982-84 = 100)	30	32	39	54	82	108	131	136	140	145	148	152	157	161	c 163	d 167	172	177	180	(R) 184	189	195

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Regular route intercity service.

^b Amtrak began operations in 1971.

^c Beginning in 1998, data reflect changes in series composition and renaming.

^d Beginning in 1999, data reflect changes in the formula used for calculating the basic components of the Consumer Price Index.

SOURCES

Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:

1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: February 1970), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues).

1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974), part III, table 2 (passenger-miles); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenues).

1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 3.

Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4, line 9.

1985-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4, line 9 and similar pages in previous editions; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 4 and similar pages in previous editions (total passenger operating revenues / total revenue passenger-miles).

Intercity class I bus:

1960-2001: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 48.

Commuter rail:

1960-1985: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 48.

1990-2004: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), tables 10 and 51 (passenger fares / passenger miles).

Intercity / Amtrak:

1960-70: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1975-80: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1994 (Lansdowne, VA: 1994), p. 50.

1985-2002: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (transportation revenues / passenger-miles).

2003-04: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2005 (Washington, DC: 2005), p. 77 and similar pages in previous editions (passenger revenue/revenue passenger miles).

Consumer Price Index:

1960-2005: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), table B-60.