TABLE 14-5 Average Motor Gasoline Prices and Highway Vehicle-Miles of Travel per Capita: 1994-2004
TABLE 14-5 Average Motor Gasoline Prices and Highway Vehicle-Miles of Travel per Capita: 1994-2004
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| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline price (chained 2000 dollars) | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.16 | 1.25 | 1.56 | 1.50 | 1.38 | 1.55 | 1.78 |
| Vmt per capita | 8,960 | 9,098 | 9,228 | 9,396 | 9,540 | 9,644 | 9,735 | 9,812 | 9,916 | 9,941 | U |
KEY: U = data are unavailable; vmt = vehicle-miles of travel.
NOTE: To eliminate the effects of inflation over time, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics converted current dollars (see table 14-4b) to chained 2000 dollars.
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/, as of May 2005. Vmt per capita—U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), calculations using data from USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2004, table 1-32, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of May 2005. Population—U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, section 1, table 2, available at http://www.census.gov/, as of May 2005.