Table 1-11: Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances

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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	2006	2007	2008
Air
Air carriera	2,135	2,125	2,679	2,495	3,808	4,678	6,083	6,054	7,320	7,297	7,370	7,411	7,478	7,616	8,111	8,228	8,055	8,497	8,194	8,176	8,186	8,225	8,089	8,044	7,856
General aviationb (active fleet)	76,549	95,442	131,743	168,475	211,045	210,654	198,000	196,874	185,650	177,120	172,935	188,089	191,129	192,414	204,710	219,464	217,533	211,446	211,244	209,708	219,426	224,352	221,943	231,607	228,663
Highway, total (registered vehicles)	74,431,800	91,739,623	111,242,295	137,912,779	161,490,159	177,133,282	193,057,376	192,313,834	194,427,346	198,041,338	201,801,921	205,427,212	210,441,249	211,580,033	215,496,003	220,461,056	225,821,241	235,331,382	234,624,135	236,760,033	243,010,549	247,421,120	250,844,644	(R) 254,403,081	255,917,664
Passenger car	61,671,390	75,257,588	89,243,557	106,705,934	121,600,843	127,885,193	133,700,496	128,299,601	126,581,148	127,327,189	127,883,469	128,386,775	129,728,341	129,748,704	131,838,538	132,432,044	133,621,420	137,633,467	135,920,677	135,669,897	136,430,651	136,568,083	135,399,945	135,932,930	137,079,843
Motorcycle	574,032	1,381,956	2,824,098	4,964,070	5,693,940	5,444,404	4,259,462	4,177,365	4,065,118	3,977,856	3,756,555	3,897,191	3,871,599	3,826,373	3,879,450	4,152,433	4,346,068	4,903,056	5,004,156	5,370,035	5,767,934	6,227,146	6,678,958	(R) 7,138,476	7,752,926
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehiclec, d	U	U	14,210,591	20,418,250	27,875,934	37,213,863	48,274,555	53,033,443	57,091,143	59,993,706	62,903,589	65,738,322	69,133,913	70,224,082	71,330,205	75,356,376	79,084,979	84,187,636	85,011,305	87,186,663	91,845,327	95,336,839	99,124,775	(R) 101,469,615	101,234,849
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or morec, d	U	13,999,285	3,681,405	4,231,622	4,373,784	4,593,071	4,486,981	4,480,815	4,369,842	4,407,850	4,906,385	5,023,670	5,266,029	5,293,358	5,734,925	5,762,864	5,926,030	5,703,501	5,650,619	5,848,523	6,161,028	6,395,240	6,649,337	(R) 6,806,630	6,790,882
Truck, combinationc, d	11,914,249	786,510	905,082	1,130,747	1,416,869	1,403,266	1,708,895	1,691,331	1,675,363	1,680,305	1,681,500	1,695,751	1,746,586	1,789,968	1,997,345	2,028,562	2,096,619	2,154,174	2,276,661	1,908,365	2,010,335	2,086,759	2,169,670	(R) 2,220,995	2,215,856
Bus	272,129	314,284	377,562	462,156	528,789	593,485	626,987	631,279	644,732	654,432	670,423	685,503	694,781	697,548	715,540	728,777	746,125	749,548	760,717	776,550	795,274	807,053	821,959	834,436	843,308
Transite
Motor bus	49,600	49,600	49,700	50,822	59,411	64,258	58,714	60,377	63,080	64,850	68,123	67,107	(R) 53,339	(R) 54,946	(R) 55,661	(R) 57,352	(R) 58,578	(R) 60,256	(R) 60,719	(R) 61,659	(R) 61,318	(R) 62,284	(R) 64,025	(R) 63,359	63,151
Light rail cars	2,856	1,549	1,262	1,061	1,013	717	910	1,092	1,055	1,001	1,051	1,048	(R) 1,097	(R) 1,062	(R) 1,061	(R) 1,160	(R) 1,306	(R) 1,359	(R) 1,448	(R) 1,482	(R) 1,622	(R) 1,645	(R) 1,801	(R) 1,802	1,948
Heavy rail cars	9,010	9,115	9,338	9,608	9,641	9,326	10,567	10,478	10,391	10,282	10,282	10,166	(R) 10,243	(R) 10,228	(R) 10,296	(R) 10,362	(R) 10,311	(R) 10,718	(R) 10,849	(R) 10,754	(R) 10,858	(R) 11,110	(R) 11,052	(R) 11,222	11,377
Trolley bus	3,826	1,453	1,050	703	823	676	610	551	665	635	643	695	(R) 675	(R) 655	(R) 646	(R) 657	(R) 652	(R) 600	(R) 616	(R) 672	(R) 597	(R) 615	(R) 609	(R) 559	590
Commuter rail cars and locomotives	U	U	U	U	4,500	4,035	4,982	5,126	5,164	4,982	5,126	5,164	(R) 5,239	(R) 5,425	(R) 5,535	(R) 5,549	(R) 5,497	(R) 5,528	(R) 5,631	(R) 5,866	(R) 6,130	(R) 6,290	(R) 6,300	(R) 6,279	6,494
Demand response	U	U	U	U	U	14,490	16,471	17,879	20,695	23,527	28,729	29,352	(R) 17,738	(R) 19,820	(R) 20,042	(R) 20,761	(R) 22,087	(R) 24,668	(R) 24,808	(R) 25,873	(R) 26,333	(R) 28,346	(R) 29,406	(R) 29,433	30,773
Otherf	U	U	U	U	U	867	1,176	1,568	1,821	2,268	2,462	2,809	(R) 5,344	(R) 6,245	(R) 7,105	(R) 7,467	(R) 7,705	(R) 8,137	(R) 8,033	(R) 8,626	(R) 10,544	(R) 11,622	(R) 12,454	(R) 12,953	14,953
Rail
Class I, freight cars	1,658,292	1,478,005	1,423,921	1,359,459	1,168,114	867,070	658,902	633,489	605,189	587,033	590,930	583,486	570,865	568,493	575,604	579,140	560,154	499,860	477,751	467,063	473,773	474,839	475,415	460,172	450,297
Class I, locomotive	29,031	27,780	27,077	27,846	28,094	22,548	18,835	18,344	18,004	18,161	18,505	18,812	19,269	19,684	20,261	20,256	20,028	19,745	20,506	20,774	22,015	22,779	23,732	24,143	24,003
Nonclass I freight cars	32,104	37,164	29,787	29,407	102,161	111,086	103,527	97,492	90,064	88,513	86,120	84,724	87,364	116,108	121,659	126,762	132,448	125,470	130,590	124,580	120,169	120,195	120,688	120,463	109,487
Car companies and shippers freight cars	275,090	285,493	330,473	334,739	440,552	443,530	449,832	458,679	477,883	497,586	515,362	550,717	582,344	585,818	618,404	662,934	688,194	688,806	691,329	687,337	693,978	717,211	750,404	805,074	833,188
Amtrak, passenger train car	U	U	U	1,913	2,128	1,854	1,863	1,786	1,796	1,853	1,852	1,722	1,730	1,728	1,962	1,992	1,894	2,084	2,896	1,623	1,211	1,186	1,191	1,164	1,177
Amtrak, locomotive	U	U	U	355	419	291	318	316	336	360	338	313	299	332	345	329	378	401	372	442	276	258	319	270	278
Water
Nonself-propelled vesselsg, h	16,777	17,033	19,377	25,515	31,662	33,597	31,209	U	30,899	30,785	30,730	31,360	32,811	33,011	33,509	33,387	33,152	33,042	32,381	31,335	31,296	32,052	32,211	31,654	31,238
Self-propelled vesselsh, i	6,543	6,083	6,455	6,144	7,126	7,522	8,236	U	8,311	8,323	8,334	8,281	8,293	8,408	8,523	8,379	8,202	8,546	8,621	8,648	8,994	8,976	8,898	9,041	9,063
Oceangoing self-propelled vessels (1,000 gross tons and over)j	(R) 2,926	(R) 2,376	1,579	(R) 857	(R) 864	(R) 737	(R) 636	(R) 619	(R) 603	(R) 565	(R) 543	(R) 509	(R) 495	(R) 477	(R) 470	(R) 463	(R) 454	(R) 443	(R) 426	(R) 418	(R) 423	(R) 366	(R) 344	275	272
Recreational boatsk	2,450,484	4,138,140	5,128,345	7,303,286	8,577,857	9,589,483	10,996,253	11,068,440	11,132,386	11,282,736	11,429,585	11,734,710	11,877,938	12,312,982	12,565,930	12,738,271	12,782,143	12,876,346	12,854,054	12,794,616	12,781,476	12,942,414	12,746,126	12,875,568	12,692,892

KEY: U = data are unavailable; R = revised.

^a Air carrier aircraft are those carrying passengers or cargo for hire under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135. Beginning in 1990, the number of aircraft is the monthly average of the number of aircraft reported in use for the last three months of the year. Prior to 1990, it was the number of aircraft reported in use during December of a given year.

^b 1991-94 data revised to reflect changes in adjustment for nonresponse bias with 1996 telephone survey factors; 1995-97 data may not be comparable to 1994 and earlier years due to changes in methodology. Includes air taxi aircraft. Beginning in 2004, commuter activity is excluded from all estimates. Commuter activity was included in the air taxi use category in 2003 and prior.

^c In 1960, this category includes all Trucks and Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles.

^d 1965 Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle data included in all Trucks.

^e Prior to 1984, excludes most rural and smaller systems funded via Sections 18 and 16(b)(2), Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. Also prior to 1984, includes total vehicles owned and leased.

^f Other includes aerial tramway, automated guideway transit, cable car, ferry boat, inclined plane, monorail, and vanpool.

^g Nonself-propelled vessels include dry-cargo barges, tank barges, and railroad-car floats.

^h Data for Jan. 1, 1991-June 30, 1991 included in 1990 figure.

ⁱ Self-propelled vessels include dry-cargo and/or passenger, offshore supply vessels, railroad-car ferries, tankers, and towboats.

^j 1960-2006 data includes private and government owned vessels of 1,000 gross tons and over. Beginning in 2007, data are reported only for privately-owned vessels of 1,000 gross tons and over. All the data are year end data.

^k Recreational vessels that are required to be numbered in accordance with Chapter 123 of Title 46 U.S.C.

NOTES

Transit Motor bus figure is also included as part of bus in the Highway category.

Bus and Demand responsive in these tables refer to a mode of service, not to a specific vehicle type. Demand responsive service, defined as roadway service directly from an origin to a destination determined by the rider and not following a fixed-route, is usually provided by vans, small buses and in a limited number of cases by large buses. Bus service is a variety of roadway services that share the characteristic of being entirely or partially fixed routes. Bus service includes local service, express service, subscription service, diversionary route service, loop service, and other types. Although Bus service is normally provided by buses, it can be provided by smaller vehicles that may be considered large vans.

For more detail on oceangoing vessels, see table 1-23.

Transit data for 1996 and later years are obtained from the National Transit Database and cannot be compared with data for earlier years.

SOURCES

Air:

Air carrier:

1960-65: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, 1970 (Washington, DC: 1970), table 5.3.

1970-75: Ibid., 1979 edition (Washington, DC: 1979), table 5.1.

1980-85: Ibid., Calendar Year 1986 (Washington, DC: 1986), table 5.1.

1990-94: Ibid., Calendar Year 1997 (Washington, DC: unpublished), table 5.1, personal communication, Mar. 19, 1999.

1995-2008: Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts and Figures(Washington, DC), p. 94 and similar tables in earlier editions.

General aviation:

1960-65: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1969), table 9.10.

1970-75: Ibid., Calendar Year 1976 (Washington, DC: 1976), table 8-6.

1980: Ibid., General Aviation Activity Survey, Calendar Year 1980 (Washington, DC: 1981), table 1-3.

1985: Ibid., Calendar Year 1985 (Washington, DC: 1987), table 2-9.

1990-2008: Ibid., General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey (Annual Issues), table 1.2, available at http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/general_aviation/ as of May 3, 2010.

Highway:

Passenger car:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table MV-201.

1995-2008: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 3, 2010.

Motorcycle:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table MV-201.

1995-2008: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 3, 2010.

Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles:

1970-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.

1995-2008: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 3, 2010.

Single-unit and combination trucks, and buses:

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.

1995-2008: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 3, 2010.

Transit:

1960-1995: American Public Transit Association, Public Transportation Fact Book, Appendix A: Historical Tables (Washington, DC), table 17 available at: http://www.apta.com/RESOURCES/STATISTICS/Pages/transitstats.aspx as of May 3, 2010.

1996-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, Annual Data Tables (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of May 13, 2010.

Rail (all categories, except Amtrak):

1960-2008: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), pp. 52 and 69.

Amtrak:

Passenger train-cars and locomotives:

1975-80: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.

1985-2000: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 47.

2001-08: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar tables in earlier editions.

Water transportation:

Nonself-propelled vessels and self-propelled vessels:

1960-2008: U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Transportation Lines of The United States, Volume 1, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA : Annual Issues), table 1, available at http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil/veslchar/veslchar.htm as of May 3, 2010.

Oceangoing self-propelled vessels:

1960-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Merchant Fleets of the World (Washington, DC: Annual issues), and unpublished revisions.

2001-08: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, personal communication as of Janurary 2008 and June 2010.

Recreational boats:

1960-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 31, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.aspx as of May 3, 2010.