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

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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 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	12.3	12.0	12.3	(R) 13.1	(R) 13.1	13.8
Index (1990 = 100)	46	46	45	57	86	91	100	99	96	102	98	101	103	104	105	104	109	99	89	92	90	92	(R) 98	(R) 98	103
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	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	U	U	U
Commuter rail	2.9	3.3	3.8	4.6	6.7	12.1	13.4	13.0	13.3	14.3	13.5	13.1	13.7	14.7	14.4	14.9	14.6	15.1	15.2	16.2	16.6	18.2	18.0	17.8	19.6
Index (1990 = 100)	22	25	28	34	50	90	100	97	99	107	101	97	102	109	107	111	109	112	113	121	124	136	134	132	146
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	27.2	29.7	30.7	31.8
Index (1990 = 100)	21	22	28	40	58	80	100	100	100	99	97	103	118	123	124	130	165	176	190	177	184	192	210	217	225
Consumer Price Index (1990 = 100)	23	24	30	41	63	82	100	104	107	111	113	117	120	123	125	127	132	136	138	141	145	149	154	159	165

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

^a Regular route Intercity service.

^b Amtrak began operations in 1971.

NOTE

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics rebased the consumer price index from 1982-84=100 to 1990=100.

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.

1985-2001: 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 3 and similar pages in previous editions; and Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual December issues), p. 3, line 9, and similar pages in previous editions (total passenger operating revenues / total revenue passenger-miles).

2002-08: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, TranStats Database, T1: U.S. Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity Summary by Service Class, available athttp://www.transtats.bts.gov/DL_SelectFields.asp?Table_ID=264&DB_Short_Name=Air%20Carrier%20Summary as of June 23, 2010 and Air Carrier Financial Repots, Schedule P-11 and Schedle P-12, available athttp://www.transtats.bts.gov/databases.asp?Mode_ID=1&Mode_Desc=Aviation&Subject_ID2=0 as of June 24, 2010.

Intercity class I bus:

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

Commuter rail:

1960-85: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 48.

1990-2001: American Public Transportation Association, 2010 Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: 2010), tables 2 and 42 (passenger fares / passenger miles).

2002-08: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, Data Tables (Washington, D.C.: Annual reports), available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of May 27, 2010.

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: National Passenger Rail Corporation (Amtrak), Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues) (transportation revenues / passenger-miles).

2003-08: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 77 and similar pages in previous editions (passenger revenue/revenue passenger miles).

Consumer Price Index:

1960-2008: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index-Urban, U.S. All Items Indexes, available at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ as of May 27, 2010.