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The American Public Transportation Association recently published data by mode and fuel type that
were not previously available. Transit bus energy use had been overestimated in previous editions due
to this lack of data.
Year
Table 5.12
Summary Statistics on Transit Buses and Trolleybuses, 1994–2001
Number of
active buses
Vehicle-miles
(millions)
Passengermiles
(millions)
Btu/
passenger-mile
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003
Energy use
(trillion Btu)
1994 69,000 2,176 19,019 4,268 81.2
1995 67,992 2,198 19,005 4,310 81.9
1996 72,549 2,234 19,280 4,340 83.7
1997 73,629 2,259 19,793 4,431 87.7
1998 73,022 2,188 20,542 4,387 90.1
1999 75,087 2,290 21,391 4,332 92.7
2000 75,964 2,329 21,433 4,515 96.8
2001 76,675 2,389 22,209 4,125 91.6
Average annual percentage change
1994–2001 1.5% 1.3% 2.2% -0.5% 1.7%
Source:
American Public Transportation Association, 2003 Public Transportation Fact Book, Washington, DC,
February 2003, Tables 6, 18, 22, and 77. (Additional resources: www.apta.com)
a Comparisons cannot be made with data before 1992. Beginning in 1992, data were available on nondiesel
fuel consumption (i.e. propane, compressed natural gas, methanol).