Table 5-3 Fuel and Electricity Consumption by Transportation Mode: 2000, 2010, and 2013
Units vary by mode
| 2000 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Percent Change, 2000–2013 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | ||||||||||
| Air | |||||||||||
| Certificated carriersa | |||||||||||
| Jet fuel (million gallons) | 13,904 | 13,284 | (R)13,882 | (R)13,397 | (R)11,896 | (R)11,973 | (R)12,092 | (R) 12,038 | (R) 11,812 | -2,092 | -15.0% |
| General aviationb | |||||||||||
| Aviation gasoline (million gallons) | 333 | 295 | 274 | 248 | 227 | 221 | (R)217 | 206 | 202 | -130 | -39.2% |
| Jet fuel (million gallons) | 972 | 1,527 | 1,486 | 1,706 | 1,447 | 1,435 | (R)1,456 | 1,435 | 1,413 | 441 | 45.4% |
| Highway | |||||||||||
| Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons) | |||||||||||
| Light duty vehiclec | 126,004 | 136,477 | 126,962 | 121,004 | 121,850 | (R) 123,466 | 124,288 | 123,715 | 123,770 | -2,234 | -1.8% |
| Bus | 1,112 | 1,120 | 2,022 | 2,057 | 1,987 | (R) 1,921 | 1,936 | 2,063 | 2,117 | 1,005 | 90.3% |
| Transit | |||||||||||
| Electricity (million kWh) | 5,382 | 5,765 | 6,216 | 6,337 | 6,492 | 6,414 | 6,534 | 6,506 | 6,651 | 1,269 | 23.6% |
| Motor fuel (million gallons) | |||||||||||
| Diesel d | 591 | 532 | 537 | 536 | 658 | 633 | 625 | 613 | 609 | 18 | 3.0% |
| Gasoline and other nondiesel fuelse | 24 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 98 | 98 | 101 | 102 | 107 | 83 | 351.1% |
| Compressed natural gas | 44 | 94 | 108 | 113 | 142 | 126 | 128 | 124 | 132 | 88 | 202.0% |
| Amtrak | |||||||||||
| Electricity (million kWh) | 470 | 531 | 578 | 582 | 565 | 559 | 555 | 549 | 525 | 55 | 11.7% |
| Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons) | 95 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 66 | -29 | -30.5% |
| Water | |||||||||||
| Residual fuel oil (million gallons) | 6,410 | 5,179 | 6,327 | (R) 5,258 | (R) 4,589 | (R) 5,143 | 4,560 | 4,820 | 4,212 | -2,198 | -34.3% |
| Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons) | 2,261 | 2,006 | 1,924 | (R) 1,983 | (R) 1,913 | (R) 2,003 | 2,133 | 1,768 | 1,676 | -586 | -25.9% |
| Gasoline (million gallons) | 1,124 | 1,261 | 1,222 | 1,136 | 1,130 | 1,167 | 1,104 | 1,093 | 1,223 | 98 | 8.7% |
KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour.
a Domestic operations only. b Includes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on non-respondents and are therefore not comparable to earlier years. See the accuracy statement in the appendix for more detailed information. c Light duty vehicle includes all passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles. d Diesel includes Diesel and Bio-Diesel e Gasoline and all other nondiesel fuels include Gasoline, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, Methane, Ethanol, Bunker Fuel, Kerosene, Grain Additive, Hydrogen, and Other Fuel.
SOURCES: Air: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information. Highway: Federal Highway Administration. Transit: Federal Transit Administration. Amtrak: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), personal communication with Energy Management Department and Government Affairs Department. Water (Residual and distillate / diesel fuel oil):- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. Water (Gasoline): U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 4-5, available at http://www.bts.gov as of March 2015.