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Appendix B: GlossaryPERSONAL B<strong>US</strong>INESS TRIP (American TravelSurvey): A trip taken for a school-related activityor for personal or family business, including weddingsand funerals.PERSONAL-<strong>US</strong>E VEHICLE TRIP (AmericanTravel Survey): A trip in which the principlemeans <strong>of</strong> transportation is a car, pickup truck, orvan; other truck; rental car, truck, or van; recreationalvehicle or motor home; or motorcycle ormoped.PLEASURE TRIP (American Travel Survey): Atrip taken to visit friends or relatives or forleisure.PERSONAL CASUALTY (Transit): 1) An incidentin which a person is hurt while getting on or<strong>of</strong>f a transit vehicle (e.g., falls or door incidents),but not as a result <strong>of</strong> a collision, derailment/leftroadway, or fire. 2) An incident in which a personis hurt while using a lift to get on or <strong>of</strong>f a transitvehicle, but not as a result <strong>of</strong> a collision, derailment/leftroadway, or fire. 3) An incident in whicha person is injured on a transit vehicle, but not asa result <strong>of</strong> a collision, derailment/left roadway, orfire. 4) An incident in which a person is hurt whileusing a transit facility. This includes anyone ontransit property (e.g., patrons, transit employees,trespassers), but does not include incidents resultingfrom illness or criminal activity.PERSONAL WATERCRAFT: Craft less than 13feet in length designed to be operated by a personor persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on thecraft rather than within the confines <strong>of</strong> a hull.PETROLEUM (Oil): A generic term applied to oiland oil products in all forms, such as crude oil,lease condensate, unfinished oils, petroleum products,natural gas plant liquids, and nonhydrocarboncompounds blended into finished petroleumproducts.PROPERTY DAMAGE (Transit): The dollaramount required to repair or replace transit property(including stations, right <strong>of</strong> way, bus stops,and maintenance facilities) damaged during anincident.PUBLIC ROAD: Any road under the jurisdiction<strong>of</strong> and maintained by a public authority (federal,state, county, town, or township, local government,or instrumentality there<strong>of</strong>) and open topublic travel.RAIL MOTOR CARS: Self-propelled passengerrail cars that are driven by electric motors energizedfrom an electrified roadway or by a generatordriven by a diesel or gas turbine engine.RAPID RAIL TRANSIT: Transit service using railcars driven by electricity usually drawn from athird rail, configured for passenger traffic, andusually operated on exclusive rights-<strong>of</strong>-way. Itgenerally uses longer trains and has longer stationspacing than light rail.REFORMULATED GASOLINE: Gasoline whosecomposition has been changed to meet performancespecifications regarding ozone-formingtendencies and release <strong>of</strong> toxic substances into theair from both evaporation and tailpipe emissions.Reformulated gasoline includes oxygenates and,compared with gasoline sold in 1990, has a lowercontent <strong>of</strong> olefins, aromatics, volatile components,and heavy hydrocarbons.RESIDUAL FUEL OIL: The heavier oils thatremain after the distillate fuel oils and lighterhydrocarbons are distilled away in refinery operationsand that conform to American Society forTesting and Materials (ASTM) SpecificationsD396 and 976. Includes, among others, NavySpecial oil used in steam-powered vessels in governmentservice and No. 6 oil used to powerships. Imports <strong>of</strong> residual fuel oil includeimported crude oil burned as fuel.RESPONSE ERROR: Error that results from thetendency <strong>of</strong> people to answer a question falsely,deliberate misrepresentation, unconscious falsification,or misunderstanding <strong>of</strong> what is required.REVENUE: Remuneration received by carriersfor transportation activities.REVENUE PASSENGER: 1) Air: Person receivingair transportation from an air carrier for whichremuneration is received by the carrier. Air carrieremployees or others, except ministers <strong>of</strong> religion,elderly individuals, and handicapped individuals,receiving reduced rate charges (less than the applicabletariff) are considered nonrevenue passengers.Infants, for whom a token fare is charged,are not counted as passengers. 2) Transit: Singlevehicletransit rides by initial-board (first-ride)transit passengers only. Excludes all transfer ridesand all nonrevenue rides. 3) Rail: Number <strong>of</strong> onewaytrips made by persons holding tickets.

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