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.

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.

Producer Price Indices for Transportation Equipment

KEY:  N = data do not exist; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System; P = preliminary; R = revised.

Producer Price Indices for Transportation Services and Warehousing Services

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System; P = preliminary; R = revised.

Price Trends of Gasoline v. Other Consumer Goods and Services

KEY: R = revised, U = data are not available.

^a Shows the tax rates for motor fuel as of December 31 for each year. Tax rates include inspection fees and environmental cleanup fees when  these fees are targeted at highway fuel use, and include local taxes when these taxes are uniform across all the counties in the State. 

Sales Price of Transportation Fuel to End-Users

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available; W = source withheld disclosure.

^a Sales to end-users (those sales made directly to the ultimate consumer, including bulk customers in agriculture, industry, and utility).

^b Average retail price.

Sales of Hybrid Vehicles in the United States

KEY: U = data are not available.