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Box 3-3 Average Fares

Providers of for-hire passenger transportation services such as airlines, railroads, and transit agencies charge a variety of fares for different services. The average fare for a mode is defined as the sum of all fare revenue received by the service providers in that mode, divided by the...

Box 3-2 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices urban consumers paid for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) for particular goods and services, such as ones related to transportation,...

Box 3-1 Producer Price Indices

The Producer Price Index (PPI) is the weighted average of wholesale or producer prices. These are the prices charged by producers of transportation services. The PPI for a particular mode of transportation measures the average change in the selling prices received by producers. For example...

Chapter 3

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Box 3-1 Producer Price Indices Box 3-2 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Box 3-3 Average Fares Figure 3-1 Producer Price Indices for Providers of Selected Transportation and Warehousing Services, 2013–2015 (2003 = 100) Figure 3-2 Input Cost Shares, by Mode,...