CONSUMER PRICES FOR TRANSPORTATION
CONSUMER PRICES FOR TRANSPORTATION
Consumer Price Indices for Components of Private Transportation, U.S. City Average (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Consumer Price Indices for Components of Public Transportation, U.S. City Average (monthly data, seasonally adjusted, except for intracity transportation)
The transportation component index of the CPI shows changes in transportation prices for consumers, and includes motor vehicle insurance, maintenance and repair, used and new cars and trucks, gasoline (all types), air fare, and intercity transportation.
| Price Index (Jan-92=100) | Mar-02 | Apr-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Motor vehicle insurance | 142.6 | 143.6 |
| Motor vehicle insurance percent change from previous month | 0.64 | 0.70 |
| Motor vehicle maintenance and repair | 135.3 | 135.9 |
| Motor vehicle maintenance and repair percent change from previous month | 0.27 | 0.48 |
| Used cars and trucks | 129.2 | 128.5 |
| Used cars and trucks percent change from previous month | -0.84 | -0.52 |
| New cars and trucks | 109.8 | 109.6 |
| New cars and trucks percent change from previous month | -0.28 | -0.21 |
| Gasoline all types | 111.9 | 123.2 |
| Gasoline all-types percent change from previous month | 7.96 | 10.14 |
| Airfare | 149.5 | 150.9 |
| Airfare percent change from previous month | 0.47 | 0.94 |
| Intracity transportation (not seasonally adjusted) | 125.5 | 126.5 |
| Intracity transportation (not seasonally adjusted) percent change from previous month | 0.05 | 0.76 |
| Non-air intercity passenger transportation | 102.0 | 102.6 |
| Nonair intercity passenger transportation percent change from previous month | -0.13 | 0.52 |
NOTE: Other intercity passenger transportation consists of Amtrak, commuter rail, buses, and other for-hire nonair modes of transportation between urban areas.
The base period of the original index is 1982-84. January 1992 is set to be the new reference point (=100) by dividing the values of the original index by the value of January 1992 in the original index. It is important to point out that this process changes only the reference point, and not the base period of the index because the weight structure of the index did not change.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/.