TABLE 15-5 Average Motor Gasoline Prices and Highway Vehicle-Miles of Travel per Capita: 1993-2003
TABLE 15-5 Average Motor Gasoline Prices and Highway Vehicle-Miles of Travel per Capita: 1993-2003
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| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline price (chained 2000 dollars) | 1.33 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.16 | 1.25 | 1.56 | 1.50 | 1.39 | 1.55 |
| Vmt per capita | 8,835 | 8,960 | 9,098 | 9,228 | 9,396 | 9,540 | 9,644 | 9,733 | 9,804 | 9,903 | U |
KEY: U = data are unavailable; vmt = vehicle-miles of travel.
NOTE: Current dollars (see table 15-4b) were converted to chained 2000 dollars by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to eliminate the effects of inflation over time.
SOURCES: Motor gasoline prices-U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, table 9.4, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/mer/prices.html, as of May 2004. Vmt per capita-U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), calculations using data from USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2003, table 1-32, available at http://www.bts.gov, as of May 2004. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract 2003, Mini Historical Statistics, available at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/minihs.html, as of May 2004.