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The number of active transit buses has increased by 7,700 buses from 1984 to 2000, but the number of
passenger-miles in 2000 is nearly identical to the 1984 level.
Table 8.12
Summary Statistics on Transit Buses, 1984–2000
Number of Vehicle-miles Passenger-miles Energy use
Year active buses (millions)
(millions) (trillion Btu)
1984 67,294 1,845 21,595 69.2
1985 64,258 1,863 21,161 72.4
1986 66,218 2,002 21,395 75.6
1987 63,017 2,079 20,970 74.3
1988 62,572 2,097 20,753 73.0
1989 58,919 2,109 20,768 77.3
1990 58,714 2,130 20,981 78.9
1991 60,377 2,167 21,090 80.6
1992 63,080 2,178 20,336 87.7a 1993 64,850 2,210 20,247 86.3
1994 68,123 2,162 18,832 86.8
1995 67,107 2,184 18,818 87.4
1996 71,678 2,221 19,096 89.3
1997 72,770 2,245 19,604 93.0
1998 72,142 2,175 20,360 95.4
1999 74,228 2,276 21,205 97.8
2000 75,013 2,315 21,241 101.4
Average annual percentage change
1984–2000 0.7% 1.4% -0.1%
a
1992–2000 2.2% 0.8% 0.5% 1.8%
Source:
American Public Transit Association, 2002 Public Transportation Fact Book, Washington, DC, 2002,
Tables 30, 42, 46, 65, 66 and 67.
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).
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22—2002