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Table 3-16: Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 3-16: Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory

(Current millions of dollars)

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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 (R) 2005 2006 2007 (R) 2008 (R) 2009 2010
TOTAL transportation 40,800 56,500 76,500 124,400 226,500 357,400 442,900 418,300 451,300 485,300 528,200 554,100 598,900 641,800 669,200 730,500 798,400 814,100 818,400 (R) 857,000 (R) 909,100 978,000 (R) 1,007,000 (R) 1,049,900 1,029,700 882,700 967,000
User-operated transportation, total 39,510 (R) 55,325 74,483 (R) 121,054 218,784 (R) 349,065 (R) 433,278 409,458 444,552 479,512 523,379 548,274 592,165 631,797 658,024 (R) 719,714 780,631 802,062 811,282 (R) 850,517 (R) 903,498 974,480 (R) 998,766 (R) 1,044,162 1,019,543 873,963 952,827
New cars and net purchases of used cars 16,571 25,191 26,754 36,775 57,243 110,679 118,988 103,658 112,410 120,391 133,268 132,634 135,930 139,384 146,306 155,938 160,260 157,556 155,296 144,639 144,787 153,122 154,218 148,960 133,657 116,406 117,819
New and used trucks and RVs 606 1,284 2,667 7,739 11,849 40,988 63,882 60,337 70,115 80,809 91,229 96,231 108,636 123,810 144,833 165,365 173,295 195,945 216,558 (R) 227,020 (R) 229,372 223,740 (R) 207,409 (R) 216,067 168,822 162,679 182,663
Motor vehicle parts and accessories 2,487 3,450 6,087 10,287 17,926 23,483 28,254 27,803 28,727 30,797 33,737 35,366 37,647 39,133 39,477 41,069 41,788 41,260 41,674 (R) 42,785 (R) 44,327 46,590 (R) 48,240 (R) 50,055 48,912 46,429 49,223
Repair and rentala 5,262 (R) 7,214 11,776 (R) 18,971 32,597 (R) 58,035 (R) 82,033 78,832 86,705 95,755 108,622 121,371 134,351 147,753 154,548 (R) 166,189 176,972 181,925 179,036 (R) 180,816 (R) 185,721 194,580 (R) 201,926 (R) 208,683 205,596 192,901 194,532
Gasoline and oil 12,004 14,751 21,921 39,703 86,689 97,205 111,440 108,852 112,864 114,518 116,492 120,410 130,494 134,428 121,791 136,456 172,929 168,083 160,273 192,793 231,555 283,798 314,665 342,973 384,516 279,113 331,391
Parking fees and tolls 567 816 1,205 1,652 2,529 4,004 5,171 5,546 6,427 6,864 7,281 7,766 8,405 9,482 10,687 11,463 12,318 12,859 12,747 (R) 13,393 (R) 14,221 15,036 (R) 15,334 (R) 15,657 16,322 16,734 17,107
Insurance premiums, less claims paidb 2,013 2,619 4,073 5,927 9,951 14,671 23,510 24,430 27,304 30,378 32,750 34,496 36,702 37,807 40,382 43,234 43,069 44,434 45,698 49,071 53,515 57,614 56,974 61,767 61,718 59,701 60,092
Purchased intercity transportation, total 1,447 2,145 4,156 7,402 15,376 21,014 29,468 28,827 29,338 31,973 34,231 37,071 40,241 45,141 49,015 52,325 59,015 53,237 50,195! (R) 53,837 (R) 57,220 58,903 (R) 61,162 (R) 63,741 64,159 56,929 62,700
Railroad 448 429 395 474 588 616 696 697 546 526 488 482 489 490 519 555 635 697 726 713 719 733 810 906 996 919 1,033
Intercity bus 154 206 311 455 873 754 615 674 682 724 776 836 895 1,022 1,118 1,202 1,360 1,410 1,412 1,394 1,353 1,306 1,303 1,206 1,302 1,091 1,149
Airline 678 1,279 3,075 5,890 12,768 18,088 25,891 25,069 25,581 27,742 29,226 31,072 33,269 37,216 40,269 43,042 49,166 42,873 39,515 43,348 46,163 47,654 49,368 51,596 51,603 45,058 50,465
Otherc 167 231 375 583 1,147 1,556 2,266 2,387 2,529 2,981 3,741 4,681 5,588 6,413 7,109 7,526 7,854 8,257 8,542 (R) 8,382 (R) 8,985 9,210 (R) 9,681 (R) 10,033 10,258 9,861 10,053
Purchased local transportation, total 1,904 1,958 2,906 4,019 4,864 7,093 9,701 10,468 11,153 11,507 11,761 11,738 11,958 11,931 12,910 13,309 13,947 14,703 14,752 15,161 16,545 17,444 19,072 18,941 19,834 20,502 21,152
Mass transit system 1,295 1,346 1,726 2,051 2,998 4,521 7,124 7,843 8,567 8,794 8,962 8,749 8,796 8,673 9,411 10,040 10,876 11,336 11,298 11,952 12,769 13,415 14,624 14,558 15,493 16,033 16,483
Taxi 609 612 1,180 1,968 1,866 2,572 2,577 2,625 2,586 2,713 2,799 2,989 3,162 3,258 3,499 3,269 3,071 3,367 3,454 3,209 3,776 4,029 4,448 4,383 4,341 4,469 4,669

KEY: R = revised; RVs = recreational vehicles.

a Also includes greasing, washing, storage, and leasing.

b Consists of premiums plus premium supplements less normal losses and dividends paid to policyholders for motor vehicles insurance.

c Consists of baggage charges, coastal and inland waterway fares, travel agents' fees, airports bus fares, and limousine services.

NOTES

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, tables 2.5.5 and 2.4.5U , available at http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm as of Aug. 29, 2011.