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TABLE 2-2a Change in Passenger-Miles of Travel by Selected Mode: 1991-2001

Monday, September 10, 2012

TABLE 2-2a Change in Passenger-Miles of Travel by Selected Mode: 1991-2001

Index: 1991 = 1.00

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  1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Air 1.00 1.04 1.06 1.14 1.18 1.28 1.32 1.36 1.43 1.52 1.43
Passenger Car 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.04 1.06 1.09 1.12 1.13 1.16 1.17
Light truck 1.00 1.08 1.12 1.14 1.12 1.16 1.21 1.24 1.28 1.31 1.34
Bus 1.00 1.00 1.07 1.11 1.12 1.14 1.19 1.22 1.33 1.32 1.21
Transit 1.00 0.99 0.97 0.97 0.98 1.02 1.04 1.08 1.13 1.17 1.21
Amtrak 1.00 0.97 0.99 0.94 0.88 0.81 0.82 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.89

NOTES: Transit includes travel by motor bus, heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail, ferry boat, trolley bus, demand responsive, and other transit vehicles. Bus comprises all travel by bus including intercity, transit, and school bus. This results in some double counting of bus passenger-miles of travel.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002, table 1-34 revised, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of October 2003.