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Table 4-16: Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-16: Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel

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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 2009 2010
Number of vehicles (millions) 65 62 61 62 75 94 93 97 103 108 116 116 94 98 100 103 106 111 112 115 117 122 126 126 129 136 136
Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) 2,143 2,008 1,883 2,176 2,287 2,791 3,242 3,306 3,355 3,435 3,468 3,550 2,751 2,853 2,970 3,111 3,202 3,319 3,433 3,476 3,548 3,603 3,671 3,769 3,895 3,988 4,400
Electric power consumed (million kWh) 2,908 2,584 2,561 2,646 2,446 4,216 4,837 4,853 4,716 4,865 5,081 5,068 4,923 4,908 4,962 5,126 5,382 5,485 5,529 5,508 5,657 5,765 5,770 6,216 6,337 6,492 6,414
Primary energy consumed (thousand gallons)                                                      
Diesel 208,100 248,400 270,600 365,060 431,400 608,738 651,030 665,158 684,944 678,511 678,226 678,286 534,958 539,169 560,448 575,889 590,610 595,918 673,040 554,286 541,998 480,456 528,236 514,954 499,400 614,433 583,446
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuelsb 191,900 124,200 68,200 7,576 11,400 45,704 33,906 34,467 37,179 45,672 60,003 60,730 25,227 25,726 22,107 21,097 23,641 26,008 35,395 26,690 30,874 80,720 46,907 51,300 67,919 141,668 146,804
Compressed natural gas N N N N N N N N 1,009 1,579 4,835 10,740 11,476 19,339 28,800 34,825 43,676 52,510 65,774 79,456 86,595 93,866 110,643 107,703 112,753 142,156 126,235

KEY: kWh = kilowatt hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised.

a Prior to 1984, the data in this table include the energy consumption of bus, heavy rail, light rail and trolley bus. Commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and smaller systems are excluded from the data during this period.

b 1960 to 1991 data include propane. Series not continuous between 1991 and 1992. 1992 to 1995 data include propane, liquefied natural gas, bio/soy fuel, biodiesel, hydrogen, methanol and ethynol, except compressed natural gas. 1996 to 2001 data include only propane, liquified natural gas, methanol and ethynol. 2002 to 2009 data include the above, and also biodiesel and grain fuel.

NOTES

Data prior to 1996 are not comparable to data from 1996 onward due to a change in sources with differing methodologies. 2009 data for Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels is not comparable to previous years' data due to a change in the reporting requirements that require transit agencies to submit energy consumption data for both purchased transportation (PT) services and directly operated (DO) transportation services. The major effect of this reporting change occurred within the following modes: Demand Response, Motor Bus, Publico, and Vanpool.

This table includes approximate electrical system losses, and thus the conversion factor is multiplied by 3.

SOURCE

1960-95: American Public Transportation Association, 2009 Public Transportation Fact Book Appendix A: Historical Tables (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 7, 17, 29, 30, 31 and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/transitstats.aspx as of Apr. 1, 2010.

1996-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, tables 19 and 17 and similar tables in previous editions, available at www.ntdprogram.gov as of November 2011.