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2-1 Vehicle-Miles Traveled

Monday, December 29, 2014

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Mode 2002 2012
Air    
U.S. air carrier, domestica 5,613 5,956
Highway    
Light-duty vehicleb,c * 2,664,445
Motorcycleb * 21,298
Truckb * 268,318
Busb * 14,755
Passenger rail    
Amtrakd 379 319
Commuter raild 284 318
Heavy raild 621 638
Light raild 61 91

*2002 highway data are omitted because they are not comparable to 2012 data due to a change in vehicle occupancy rates derived from National Household Travel Surveys.

aMeasured in revenue aircraft-miles. bData for 2002 and 2012 may not be comparable due to changes in methodology. cIncludes passenger cars, light trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles. dMeasured in car-miles.

Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-35, available at www.bts.gov as of September 2014.