Auto & Public Transport
Public Expenditures & Subsidies:
2003: USA

  Autos & SUVs (Public Highway & Street System) Public Transport
Commercial Revenues $104.1 $9.0
Non-User Subsidies $39.7 $32.7
Total Expenditures $143.8 $41.7
Person Miles 4,366.4 45.5
Data in Billions    
     
Expenditures per Peson Mile $0.033 $0.916
Public Transport Compared to Autos & SUVs   27.8
Subsidy per Person Mile $0.009 $0.718
Public Transport Compared to Autos & SUVs   79.0
     
2003    
Calculated from US Department of Transportation Data  

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