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Public Transit

Legacy ID
236

Total Wage and Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry

KEY: R = revised.

a Wages do not include supplements to wages and salaries such as pension, profit-sharing, and other retirement plans, and health, life, and unemployment insurance compensation.

b Comprises business establishments involved in scenic and sightseeing transportation, support activities for transportation, postal service, and couriers and messengers.

Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries

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

a Annual averages.

b Excludes farm employment.

c Does not include Postal service.

d Includes tire manufacturing and tire retreading.

e Does not include motor vehicle wholesalers.

f Not all government agencies are included (e.g., the National Transportation Safety Board).

g The U.S. Department of Transportation was created in 1966. Data are on a fiscal year basis and include permanent civilians as well...

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 Passenger Fares

KEY: N = data do not exist; 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.

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.

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.

Average Age of Urban Transit Vehicles

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

a Locomotives used in Amtrak intercity passenger services are not included.

bFull-size buses have more than 35 seats; Mid-size buses have 25-35 seats; Small buses have fewer than 25 seats.