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Table 2-1 U.S. Passenger-Miles Traveled by Mode: 2000, 2010 and 2014

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

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  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Percent change, 2010 to 2014
Air, totala U 664,849 655,610 674,137 752,266 795,096 810,120 842,026 823,783 779,997 809,068 825,916 832,734 848,000 869,688 7.5
Domestic U 486,506 483,525 505,602 558,194 583,771 588,471 607,564 583,292 551,741 564,695 575,613 580,501 589,692 607,772 7.6
International U 178,343 172,086 168,535 194,072 211,325 221,648 234,462 240,491 228,256 244,373 250,303 252,233 258,307 261,917 7.2
Highway, total U U U U U U U U U 4,241,346 4,244,833 4,230,460 4,274,877 4,306,653 4,371,706 3.0
Light duty vehicle U U U U U U U U U 3,625,598 3,646,451 3,650,223 3,669,278 3,688,161 3,731,888 2.3
Motorcycle U U U U U U U U U 22,428 19,941 19,927 23,034 21,937 21,510 7.9
Busb U U U U U U U U U 305,014 291,914 292,716 313,357 321,539 339,177 16.2
Transit, total 45,100 46,508 46,096 45,677 46,546 47,125 49,504 51,873 53,712 53,898 52,627 54,328 55,169 56,467 57,012 8.3
Heavy rail 13,844 14,178 13,663 13,606 14,354 14,418 14,721 16,138 16,850 16,805 16,407 17,317 17,516 18,005 18,339 11.8
Light rail 1,339 1,427 1,432 1,476 1,576 1,700 1,866 1,930 2,081 2,196 2,173 2,363 2,489 2,565 2,675 23.1
Commuter rail 9,400 9,544 9,500 9,555 9,715 9,470 10,359 11,137 11,032 11,129 10,774 11,314 11,121 11,736 11,600 7.7
Transit busb 18,999 19,770 19,866 19,355 19,094 19,598 20,554 20,544 21,359 21,268 20,729 20,559 21,142 21,257 21,429 3.4
Demand response 588 626 651 689 704 738 753 778 844 881 841 846 851 852 864 2.7
Ferry boat 298 295 301 367 357 359 360 381 390 365 389 389 402 402 414 6.4
Other 632 668 683 629 745 842 891 966 1,156 1,254 1,315 1,540 1,648 1,651 1,692 28.7
Passenger rail                                
Amtraka 5,498 5,559 5,468 5,680 5,511 5,381 5,410 5,784 6,179 5,914 6,420 6,568 6,752 6,810 6,675 4.0

aRounded to the nearest 100 million revenue passenger-miles. bBus in the highway category includes intercity bus as well as bus and demand response numbers from the transit category. Individual categories under Highway will not add to total as "Highway, total" includes passenger miles from single unit and combination trucks.

KEY: U = Data are unavailable due to a reporting change.

NOTE: Individual categories may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES: Air–U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T1: U.S. Air Carrier Traffic And Capacity Summary by Service Class, available at www.transtats.bts.gov as of April 2016. Highway–Federal Highway Administration. Transit–Federal Transit Administration. Rail–Federal Railroad Administration as cited in USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-40, available at www.bts.gov as of February 2016.