Table 3-15b: Average Passenger Fares
Table 3-15b: Average Passenger Fares
(Chained 2000 $)
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
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Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service | 138.96 | 138.27 | 138.65 | 135.45 | 123.18 | 112.42 | 117.94 | 119.18 | 114.14 | 113.74 | 112.60 | 114.73 | 124.53 | 121.38 | 119.86 | 120.39 | 121.27 | 121.07 | 123.03 | 122.32 | 124.41 | 125.93 | 125.62 | 124.38 |
Class I bus, intercitya | 17.71 | 18.57 | 20.46 | 18.70 | 22.63 | 16.36 | 23.31 | 24.08 | 22.93 | 23.87 | 22.16 | 23.22 | 25.91 | 23.51 | 24.79 | 27.36 | 29.46 | 29.31 | 28.26 | U | U | U | U | U |
Transit, all modesb (unlinked) | 1.02 | 1.01 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.87 | U |
Commuter railc | 4.66 | 4.46 | 3.50 | 3.74 | 3.54 | 4.52 | 3.72 | 3.72 | 3.62 | 3.53 | 3.60 | 3.44 | 3.27 | 3.27 | 3.29 | 3.35 | 3.33 | 3.33 | 3.32 | 3.36 | 3.27 | 3.27 | 3.27 | U |
Intercity rail / Amtrakd | 30.30 | 27.73 | 19.15 | 60.29 | 49.86 | 46.85 | (R) 51.98 | (R) 52.66 | 51.40 | (R) 49.85 | (R) 46.63 | (R) 46.51 | (R) 47.51 | 49.59 | 47.87 | 48.33 | 49.61 | 49.18 | 50.72 | 47.09 | (R) 50.83 | (R) 51.87 | 52.36 | 55.78 |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
a Regular route intercity service.
b Prior to 1984, excludes commuter railroad, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems.
c This category is now deflated using the mass transit deflator instead of the intercity rail deflator used in previous editions.
d Amtrak began operations in 1971.
NOTE:
This table is deflated using data from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts tables, Table 2.4.4 . Lines 84, 83, 79, 79 and 82 are used respectively to deflate their corresponding rows.
SOURCES:
Air carrier, domestic, scheduled service:
1960: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: February 1970), part III, table 2 (enplanements); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenue).
1965-70: Ibid., Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1973 (Washington, DC: March 1974), part III, table 2 (enplanements); part IV, table 2 (passenger revenue).
1975-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 1, line 3; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 2, line 16 (passenger revenue / revenue passenger enplanements).
1985-2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues); and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues) (passenger revenue / revenue passenger enplanements).
Class I bus, intercity:
1960-93: Interstate Commerce Commission, Transport Statistics in the United States, Motor Carriers (Washington, DC: Annual issues), part 2.
1994-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Selected Earnings Data, Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (operating revenue / revenue passengers).
Transit and commuter rail:
1960-2006: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 49 and similar tables in earlier editions (passenger fares / passenger trips).
Intercity rail / Amtrak:
1960-70: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
1975-80: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication.
1985: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues) (transportation revenues / Amtrak system passenger trips).
1990-2007: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (ticket revenue per passenger mile multiplied by average trip length of passengers), available at http://www.amtrak.com/ as of May 12, 2009.