Table 5-3 Fuel and Electricity Consumption by Transportation Mode: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Units vary by mode
| 2000 | 2010 | 2014 | Percent Change, 2000–2014 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Number | Percent | ||||
| Air | ||||||||||||
| Certificated carriersa | ||||||||||||
| Jet fuel (million gallons) | 13,904 | 13,284 | 12,999 | 12,469 | 11,147 | 11,057 | 10,828 | 10,238 | 10,156 | 10,321 | -3,583 | -25.8% |
| General aviationb | ||||||||||||
| Aviation gasoline (million gallons) | 333 | 295 | 274 | 248 | 227 | 221 | 216 | 206 | 197 | 197 | -136 | -40.8% |
| Jet fuel (million gallons) | 972 | 1,527 | 1,486 | 1,706 | 1,447 | 1,435 | 1,435 | 1,435 | 1,260 | 1,370 | 398 | 40.9% |
| Highway | ||||||||||||
| Gasoline, diesel and other fuels (million gallons) | ||||||||||||
| Light duty vehiclec | 126,213 | 136,477 | 126,962 | 121,004 | 121,850 | 123,466 | 123,693 | 123,715 | 123,770 | 126,644 | 430 | 0.3% |
| Bus | 1,112 | 1,120 | 2,022 | 2,057 | 1,987 | 1,921 | 1,936 | 2,063 | 2,117 | 2,233 | 1,121 | 100.8% |
| Transit | ||||||||||||
| Electricity (million kWh) | 5,382 | 5,765 | 6,216 | 6,337 | 6,492 | 6,414 | 6,534 | 6,506 | 6,651 | 6,673 | 1,291 | 24.0% |
| Motor fuel (million gallons) | ||||||||||||
| Dieseld | 591 | 532 | 537 | 536 | 658 | 633 | 625 | 613 | 609 | 542 | -48 | -8.2% |
| Gasoline and other nondiesel fuelse | 24 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 98 | 98 | 101 | 102 | 107 | 108 | 85 | 358.8% |
| Compressed natural gas | 44 | 94 | 108 | 113 | 142 | 126 | 128 | 124 | 132 | 138 | 94 | 215.6% |
| Amtrak | ||||||||||||
| Electricity (million kWh) | 470 | 531 | 578 | 582 | 565 | 559 | 555 | 549 | 525 | U | U | U |
| Distillate / diesel fuel (million gallons) | 95 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 66 | U | U | U |
| Water | ||||||||||||
| Residual fuel oil (million gallons) | 6,410 | 5,179 | 6,327 | 5,258 | 4,589 | 5,143 | 4,560 | 4,820 | 4,212 | 3,847 | -2,563 | -40.0% |
| Distillate / diesel fuel oil (million gallons) | 2,261 | 2,006 | 1,924 | 1,983 | 1,913 | 2,003 | 2,133 | 1,768 | 1,676 | 1,593 | -668 | -29.6% |
| Gasoline (million gallons) | 1,124 | 1,261 | 1,222 | 1,136 | 1,130 | 1,167 | 1,104 | 1,093 | 1,223 | 1,419 | 295 | 26.2% |
KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; U = unavailable.
aDomestic operations only. bGeneral aviation includes fuel used in air taxi operations, but not commuter operations. cLight duty vehicle includes all passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles. dDiesel 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. 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 2016.