Table 2-1 U.S. Passenger-Miles Traveled by Mode: 2000, 2010 and 2014
Millions
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Percent change, 2010 to 2014 | |
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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 |
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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.