TABLE 10-8b Net Federal Subsidies to Passenger Transportation by Mode: Fiscal Years 1992-2002
TABLE 10-8b Net Federal Subsidies to Passenger Transportation by Mode: Fiscal Years 1992-2002
Millions of current dollars
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway | -4,184 | -4,394 | -6,558 | -8,391 | -8,798 | -7,866 | -11,022 | -10,085 | -8,909 | -5,398 | -4,459 |
| Autos, pickups, and vans | -4,294 | -4,513 | -6,686 | -8,515 | -8,925 | -8,000 | -11,144 | -10,229 | -9,086 | -5,598 | -4,684 |
| School buses | 66 | 72 | 79 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 93 | 109 | 118 | 131 |
| Transit buses | 45 | 48 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 55 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 89 |
| Intercity buses | -1 | -1 | -5 | -9 | -10 | -8 | -15 | -12 | -7 | 2 | 6 |
| Air | 3,420 | 3,633 | 3,578 | 3,478 | 5,648 | 4,159 | 1,056 | -1,049 | -446 | 2,953 | 4,235 |
| Commercial aviation | 2,486 | 2,566 | 2,585 | 2,479 | 4,510 | 3,143 | -17 | -2,009 | -1,433 | 1,500 | 2,979 |
| General aviation | 935 | 1,067 | 993 | 999 | 1,139 | 1,016 | 1,074 | 960 | 987 | 1,454 | 1,257 |
| Transit | 3,675 | 3,517 | 3,770 | 4,474 | 4,375 | 4,583 | 4,302 | 4,265 | 5,334 | 7,048 | 7,695 |
| Railroad | 829 | 730 | 741 | 938 | 907 | 1,024 | 2,036 | 1,389 | 629 | 602 | 1,150 |
| Total, all modes | 3,740 | 3,485 | 1,531 | 499 | 2,132 | 1,900 | -3,628 | -5,480 | -3,392 | 5,205 | 8,621 |
NOTES: Data may not add to total because of
independent rounding.
Net federal subsidy is estimated as federal outlays minus federal receipts
from transportation taxes and user fees. Actual outlays and receipts are used
in the calculation. Negative numbers show user charge payments to the federal
government in excess of cost responsibility.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 allowed motor fuel distributors to
delay until Oct. 5, 1998, the payment of fuel taxes that otherwise would be
due in August and September of 1998.
This provision effectively shifted about $6 billion in Highway Trust
Fund receipts from 1998 to 1999. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics
included these funds in fiscal year 1998, when they were actually paid by
highway users.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, "Federal Subsidies to Passenger Transportation," December 2004, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of February 2005.