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TABLE 3-5-5 - Transit Passenger-Miles by Type of Service: 1995-2006

TABLE 3-5-5 - Transit Passenger-Miles by Type of Service: 1995-2006

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  Bus Transit rail Demand response Other Total
Heavy Commuter Light
1995 18,818 10,559 8,244 860 607 720 39,808
1996 19,096 11,530 8,351 957 656 788 41,378
1997 19,604 12,056 8,038 1,035 754 852 42,339
1998 20,360 12,284 8,704 1,128 735 917 44,128
1999 21,205 12,902 8,766 1,206 813 965 45,857
2000 21,241 13,844 9,402 1,356 839 984 47,666
2001 22,022 14,178 9,548 1,437 855 1,030 49,070
2002 21,841 13,663 9,504 1,432 853 1,031 48,324
2003 21,262 13,606 9,559 1,476 930 1,069 47,903
2004 21,377 14,354 9,719 1,576 962 1,084 49,073
2005 21,825 14,418 9,473 1,700 1,058 1,206 49,678
P2006 22,821 14,721 10,361 1,866 1,078 1,307 52,154

KEY: P = Preliminary.

NOTES: Demand response (also know as dial-a-ride or paratransit) is comprised of passenger cars, vans, or small buses operating in response to calls from passengers or their agents to the transit operator, who then dispatches a vehicle to pick up the passengers and transport them to their destinations. Other includes modes such as automated guideway, Alaska Railroad, cable car, ferryboat, inclined plane, monorail, trolleybus, and vanpool. Data may not add to total because of independent rounding.

SOURCE: American Public Transportation Association, 2008 Public Transportation Factbook (Washington, D.C.: June 2008), table 6, available at http://www.apta.com/research/stats/ as of July 2008 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-37, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of October 2008.