Total Operating Revenues

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised;  U = data are not available.

^a Data from 1990 through 1997 include local trucking (4212), trucking, except local (4213), local trucking, without storage (4214), and courier services, except air (4215) based on SIC (Standard Industrial Classification). For 1998 and later, data includes truck transportation (484) and couriers and messengers (492) based on NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). Therefore, data from 1998 onward are not directly comparable with data prior to 1998.

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Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

KEY: N = data does not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a For 1990 and later, air carriers that did not report both financial data and all months of traffic data for a given period were excluded from the calculations. Cargo revenue includes both scheduled and charter property revenue and mail revenue.

^b General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.

^c Total finished goods. Converted to 1990 base year index by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and therefore...

Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; U = data are not available.

^aAmtrak began operations in 1971.

Average Passenger Fares

KEY: N = data do not exist; R =  revised; U = data are not available.

^a Regular route Intercity service.

^b Prior to 1984, excludes commuter railroad, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems.

^c This category is now deflated using the railway transportation instead of mass transit deflator and the Intercity rail deflator used in previous editions.

^d Amtrak began operations in 1971.

Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built

^a Disregards year of rebuilding.

Average Passenger Fares

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Data for years after 1994 are not comparable with prior years or with numbers published in the previous NTS report.

^b Regular route Intercity service.

^c Prior to 1984, excludes Commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems.

^dAmtrak began operations in 1971.

Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile

KEY: U = data are not available.

^a All figures reflect the average cost of operating a vehicle 15,000 miles per year in stop and go conditions.

^b Prior to 2004, data include oil cost.

^c Beginning in 2004, data include oil cost. Beginning in 2017, data include maintenance, repair and tires.

^dFixed costs (ownership costs) include insurance, license, registration, taxes, depreciation, and finance charges.

Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory

KEY: R = revised; RVs = recreational vehicles.

^a Also includes greasing, washing, storage, and leasing.

^b Consists of premiums plus premium supplements less normal losses and dividends paid to policyholders for motor vehicles insurance. 

^c Consists of baggage charges, coastal and inland waterway fares, travel agents' fees, airports bus fares, and limousine services.

Personal Expenditures by Category

KEY: R = revised.

^a Includes alcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption and accommodations.

^b Includes furnishings, household equipment, and routine household maintenance.

Condition of Urban Bus and Rail Transit Maintenance Facilities

KEY: N = data do not exist.

^a These data are derived from the Transit Economic Requirements Model (TERM). TERM uses statistically determined decay curves to simulate the deterioration of the Nation's transit vehicles, facilities, and other infrastructure components.  National Transit Database (NTD) data are applied to these decay curves to estimate conditions.  Only the condition of directly operated facilities are provided for 1995, 1997 and 2000.  The NTD began gathering information on facilities owned by bus systems...