US Cost of Automobiles/SUVs and
Public Transport per Passenger Mile from 1960
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PERSONAL VEHICLES |
MASS TRANSIT |
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Expenditures (2004$) |
Person Miles |
Expenditures per Person Mile |
Expenditures (2004$) |
Person Miles |
Expenditures per Person Mile |
Expenditures: Mass Transit/Personal Vehicles |
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1960 |
$329,362 |
1,450,471 |
$0.227 |
$10.7 |
48,000 |
$0.223 |
0.98 |
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1970 |
$489,665 |
1,979,787 |
$0.247 |
$11.7 |
41,000 |
$0.284 |
1.15 |
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1980 |
$681,159 |
2,545,020 |
$0.268 |
$17.5 |
39,584 |
$0.443 |
1.66 |
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1990 |
$733,209 |
3,293,569 |
$0.223 |
$27.2 |
41,143 |
$0.661 |
2.97 |
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2000 |
$887,928 |
4,023,637 |
$0.221 |
$33.5 |
45,100 |
$0.742 |
3.36 |
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2001 |
$891,233 |
4,235,300 |
$0.210 |
$34.5 |
46,508 |
$0.742 |
3.53 |
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2002 |
$890,871 |
4,295,181 |
$0.207 |
$39.3 |
45,944 |
$0.856 |
4.13 |
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2003 |
$915,257 |
4,354,326 |
$0.210 |
$42.8 |
45,502 |
$0.940 |
4.47 |
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2004 |
$939,814 |
4,452,213 |
$0.211 |
$44.3 |
46,546 |
$0.951 |
4.51 |
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EXHIBIT: COST PER VEHICLE MILE |
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Expenditures (2004$) |
Vehicle Miles |
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2004 |
$939,814 |
2,719,324 |
$0.346 |
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Personal vehicles: automobiles, SUVs and motorcycles |
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Dollar amounts and person miles in billions |
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Data calculated from these sources: |
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Estimated from 2005 National Transportation Statistics Tables 1-37 and 3-7 and 3-13 |
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US Census Bureau governments database |
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National Transit Database |
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American Public Transportation Association |
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1960 non-auto person miles (light trucks) estimated |
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Note: The automobile operating costs per passenger mile are considerably below figures used by Hertz Rental Cars and the American Automobile Assocation (AAA). Hertz and AAA include only newer cars in their calculations. The average automobile in the United States is now approximately nine years old. The figures in this table represent the gross expenditure on automobiles in the economy based upon US Department of Commerce Gross Domestic Product Accounts. |
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All and transport consumer spending summarized at Consumer Expenditures 2004 |
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