United States Passenger Transport
by Mode from 1960
|
Billions of Passenger Kilometers |
Auto |
Bus |
Railway |
Airline |
Total |
|
1960 |
2,340 |
146 |
84 |
50 |
2,620 |
|
1965 |
2,763 |
117 |
47 |
86 |
3,013 |
|
1970 |
3,266 |
119 |
34 |
175 |
3,594 |
|
1975 |
3,668 |
122 |
30 |
219 |
4,039 |
|
1980 |
3,935 |
143 |
35 |
330 |
4,444 |
|
1985 |
4,353 |
188 |
36 |
448 |
5,025 |
|
1990 |
4,858 |
190 |
41 |
558 |
5,646 |
|
1993 |
5,737 |
229 |
39 |
584 |
6,589 |
|
1994 |
5,881 |
213 |
39 |
626 |
6,759 |
|
1997 |
6,085 |
233 |
43 |
745 |
7,106 |
|
Market % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
89.3% |
5.6% |
3.2% |
1.9% |
100.0% |
|
1965 |
91.7% |
3.9% |
1.5% |
2.8% |
100.0% |
|
1970 |
90.9% |
3.3% |
1.0% |
4.9% |
100.0% |
|
1975 |
90.8% |
3.0% |
0.8% |
5.4% |
100.0% |
|
1980 |
88.6% |
3.2% |
0.8% |
7.4% |
100.0% |
|
1985 |
86.6% |
3.7% |
0.7% |
8.9% |
100.0% |
|
1990 |
86.0% |
3.4% |
0.7% |
9.9% |
100.0% |
|
1993 |
87.1% |
3.5% |
0.6% |
8.9% |
100.0% |
|
1994 |
87.0% |
3.1% |
0.6% |
9.3% |
100.0% |
|
1997 |
85.6% |
3.3% |
0.6% |
10.5% |
100.0% |
|
Change from 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
|
1980 |
-2.6% |
-2.4% |
-16.3% |
52.5% |
|
|
1990 |
-5.3% |
1.7% |
-24.3% |
103.1% |
|
|
1997 |
-5.8% |
-0.8% |
-36.6% |
115.5% |
|
|
Source: US Department of Transportation and European Union |
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