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2-3 Passenger-Miles Traveled

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Excel

millions

Mode 2002 2012
Air    
U.S. air carrier, domestic 483,525 580,501
Highway    
Light-duty vehiclea * 3,669,821
Motorcycle * 22,940
Truck * 268,318
Bus * 312,797
Passenger rail    
Amtrakb 5,468 6,804
Commuter rail 9,500 11,121
Heavy rail 13,663 17,516
Light rail 1,432 2,316

*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.

aIncludes passenger cars, light trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles. bMeasured in revenue passenger-miles.

Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-40, available at www.bts.gov as of September 2014.