US Public Transport Expenditures, Subsidies &
Passenger Usage from the 1960s

Year Capital & Operating Expenditures Commercial Revenues (Including Fares) Total Subsidies State & Local Subsidies Federal Subsidies Share of Expenditures Paid by Commercial Revenues Passenger Miles (Billions) Work Trip Market Share
1960             48.0 12.9%
1961-1969 $56.9 $54.1 $2.9 ($0.2) $3.0 95.0%    
                 
1970 $11.2 $8.9 $2.3 $1.6 $0.7 79.3% 41.0 8.9%
1971 $11.2 $8.7 $2.5 $1.1 $1.4 77.7%    
1972 $12.2 $8.3 $3.9 $1.4 $2.5 68.2%    
1973 $14.7 $8.2 $6.5 $2.6 $3.9 55.5%    
1974 $15.3 $7.8 $7.5 $3.6 $3.9 50.9%    
1975 $14.9 $7.5 $7.4 $2.0 $5.4 50.3% 38.0  
1976 $17.0 $7.7 $9.3 $2.8 $6.5 45.1%    
1977 $18.6 $7.6 $11.0 $3.4 $7.6 40.7%    
1978 $17.2 $7.4 $9.9 $1.5 $8.4 42.7%    
1979 $18.0 $7.1 $10.9 $2.6 $8.2 39.3%    
1980 $18.7 $5.9 $12.8 $3.3 $9.6 31.4% 39.9 6.4%
1981 $21.3 $6.6 $14.7 $5.7 $9.0 30.9% 38.5  
1982 $23.1 $7.3 $15.8 $8.3 $7.5 31.6% 37.1  
1983 $24.9 $7.4 $17.6 $9.4 $8.2 29.5% 37.6  
1984 $25.6 $7.4 $18.2 $10.9 $7.4 28.7% 39.4  
1985 $26.0 $8.0 $18.0 $11.7 $6.4 30.6% 39.6  
1986 $27.2 $8.2 $19.0 $12.6 $6.4 30.1% 40.2  
1987 $28.0 $8.5 $19.6 $13.5 $6.1 30.2% 40.3  
1988 $28.1 $8.1 $20.0 $14.5 $5.5 28.9% 40.6  
1989 $27.8 $8.2 $19.6 $14.5 $5.1 29.4% 38.2  
1990 $29.0 $8.0 $20.9 $16.2 $4.7 27.8% 38.0 5.3%
1991 $30.2 $8.3 $21.8 $17.0 $4.8 27.6% 37.5  
1992 $31.4 $8.3 $23.2 $17.8 $5.4 26.2% 37.2  
1993 $29.7 $8.1 $21.6 $16.3 $5.3 27.4% 36.2  
1994 $32.9 $8.5 $24.4 $18.5 $6.0 25.8% 37.9  
1995 $34.0 $8.7 $25.4 $17.0 $8.3 25.4% 38.0  
1996 $33.4 $8.9 $24.5 $19.3 $5.2 26.5% 39.0  
1997 $33.5 $9.2 $24.3 $18.8 $5.5 27.4% 40.2  
1998 $34.1 $9.3 $24.7 $18.7 $6.0 27.4% 41.6  
1999 $34.6 $9.3 $25.2 $18.7 $6.5 27.0% 43.3  
2000 $37.3 $9.4 $27.9 $21.1 $6.8 25.2% 43.4 4.6%
2001 $37.4 $10.0 $27.4 $19.9 $7.5 26.7% 46.5  
2002 $42.0 $9.9 $32.1 $23.8 $8.4 23.5% 45.9  
2003 $45.7 $9.8 $35.8 $27.7 $8.2 21.6% 45.7  
2004 $47.2 $10.4 $36.8 $28.5 $8.3 22.1% 46.5  
2005 $46.0 $10.7 $35.2 $26.9 $8.4 23.3% 46.4 4.7%
2006 $46.3 $10.9 $35.4 $27.0 $8.5 23.5% 49.3  
                 
Total $1,082.5 $366.2 $716.4 $479.8 $236.6      
                 
In billions of 2005$              
Subsidy Sources: In Preference as folllows based upon available data.      
  1-US Bureau of the Census Government database or Government Finance Series (intermittent)
  2-Statistical Abstract of the United States (annual, data intermittent)    
  3-APTA Fact Book (annual)          
Transit Work Trip Market Share:            
  Decennial US Census            
  2005 US Bureau of the Census American Community Survey      
1960s state & local subsidies are net of operating profits.        

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