TABLE 7-5b/7-6b Average Transit Fare per Passenger-Mile: 1993-2003
TABLE 7-5b/7-6b Average Transit Fare per Passenger-Mile: 1993-2003
Cents (in current dollars)
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Commuter rail | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Demand response | 17 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
| Heavy rail | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Light rail | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Trolley bus | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Other | 15 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
NOTES: Data for 2003 are preliminary. Fares include subsidies. For definitions of service types, see Glossary. Other includes aerial tramway, automated guideway transit, cable car, inclined plane, and monorail.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculations based on American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Fact Book 2005 (Washington, DC: 2005), tables 11 and 71.