TABLE 5b Passenger-Miles by Selected Mode: 1990-2000
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TABLE 5b Passenger-Miles by Selected Mode: 1990-2000
(Million passenger-miles)
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air carrier | 358,873 | 350,185 | 365,564 | 372,130 | 398,199 | 414,688 | 446,652 | 463,112 | 476,362 | 501,857 | 530,129 |
| Passenger car | 2,281,391 | 2,200,260 | 2,208,226 | 2,213,281 | 2,249,742 | 2,286,887 | 2,337,068 | 2,389,065 | 2,463,828 | 2,494,870 | 2,544,457 |
| Light truck | 999,754 | 1,116,958 | 1,201,667 | 1,252,860 | 1,269,292 | 1,256,146 | 1,298,299 | 1,352,675 | 1,380,557 | 1,432,625 | 1,467,664 |
| Bus | 121,398 | 121,906 | 122,496 | 129,852 | 135,871 | 136,104 | 139,136 | 145,060 | 148,558 | 162,445 | 160,919 |
| Transit | 41,143 | 40,703 | 40,241 | 39,384 | 39,585 | 39,808 | 41,378 | 42,339 | 44,128 | 45,857 | 47,666 |
| Amtrak | 6,057 | 6,273 | 6,091 | 6,199 | 5,921 | 5,545 | 5,050 | 5,166 | 5,304 | 5,330 | 5,498 |
NOTES: Transit includes motor bus, heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail, ferryboat, trolley bus, demand responsive, and others. Motor bus and demand responsive figures are also included in the bus figure for highway.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 1-34, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of April 2003.