Change in Gasoline Price, Driving & Transit Use: USA 1999-2005 Measure 1999 2005 Change Average Regular Unleaded Price per Gallon $1.135 $2.268 99.8% Gasoline Consumption in Billion Gallons 125.9 138.6 10.1% Auto & SUV Vehicle Miles in Billions 2,470 2,723 10.2% Auto & SUV Passenger Miles in Billions 3,928 4,357 10.9% Auto & SUV Urban Passenger Miles in Billions 2,446 2,929 19.7% Transit Passenger Miles in Billions 43.3 47.1 8.8% Transit Urban Market Share 1.7% 1.6% -9.0%         2005 Transit Data estimated from 2004-2005 passenger trend     Sources: Calculated from US Department of Energy and US Department of Transportation data. To facilitate the ideal of government as the servant of the people by identifying and implementing strategies to achieve public purposes at a cost that is no higher than necessary. (c) 1994-2006 www.publicpurpose.com --- Wendell Cox Consultancy --- Permission granted to use with attribution.