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2-3 Passenger-Miles Traveled

Thursday, January 7, 2016

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millions

Mode 2003 2013
Air    
U.S. air carrier, domestic 505,602 589,692
Highway    
Light-duty vehiclea * 3,688,218
Motorcycle * 21,937
Truck * 275,018
Bus * 321,544
Passenger rail    
Amtrakb 5,680 7,283
Commuter rail 9,555 11,736
Heavy rail 13,606 18,005
Light railc 1,476 2,565

*2003 highway data are omitted because they are not comparable to 2013 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. cLight rail was revised beginning in 2011.

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 2015.