Intercity Air, Rail and Bus Ridership History (US)
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Estimated Annual Intercity Passenger Miles per Capita |
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Year |
Air |
Intercity Bus |
Intercity Rail |
Total |
Exhibit: Commuter & Intercity Rail |
Intercity Share: Air |
Intercity Share: Bus |
Intercity Share: Rail |
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1885 |
|
|
|
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161 |
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|
|
|
1890 |
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|
|
|
188 |
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|
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1895 |
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|
|
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175 |
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|
|
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1900 |
|
|
|
|
211 |
|
|
|
|
1905 |
|
|
|
|
284 |
|
|
|
|
1910 |
|
|
|
|
350 |
|
|
|
|
1915 |
|
|
|
|
323 |
|
|
|
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1920 |
|
|
383 |
|
445 |
|
|
|
|
1925 |
|
|
255 |
|
312 |
|
|
|
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1930 |
|
|
164 |
|
218 |
|
|
|
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1935 |
|
|
113 |
|
145 |
|
|
|
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1940 |
8 |
84 |
150 |
241 |
180 |
3.3% |
34.6% |
62.1% |
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1945 |
24 |
152 |
618 |
794 |
656 |
3.0% |
19.2% |
77.8% |
|
1950 |
53 |
145 |
177 |
374 |
210 |
14.1% |
38.7% |
47.2% |
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1955 |
120 |
119 |
144 |
383 |
173 |
31.4% |
31.1% |
37.6% |
|
1960 |
173 |
107 |
95 |
375 |
118 |
46.1% |
28.6% |
25.3% |
|
1965 |
275 |
123 |
69 |
467 |
90 |
58.9% |
26.3% |
14.7% |
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1970 |
532 |
124 |
30 |
686 |
53 |
77.5% |
18.1% |
4.4% |
|
1975 |
631 |
118 |
18 |
767 |
39 |
82.3% |
15.4% |
2.4% |
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1980 |
899 |
121 |
20 |
1,040 |
48 |
86.5% |
11.6% |
1.9% |
|
1985 |
1,168 |
100 |
20 |
1,288 |
48 |
90.7% |
7.8% |
1.6% |
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1990 |
1,392 |
93 |
24 |
1,509 |
53 |
92.3% |
6.1% |
1.6% |
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1995 |
1,537 |
110 |
21 |
1,669 |
52 |
92.1% |
6.6% |
1.3% |
|
1998 |
1,714 |
105 |
20 |
1,838 |
52 |
93.2% |
5.7% |
1.1% |
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1920 intercity rail figure estimated based upon 1920 data, subtracting commuter rail ridership from earliest year available (1922) |
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1998 bus figure scaled based upon change in ridership from 1995. |
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1940 to 1955 bus figure scaled based upon difference in vehicle miles from 1960 (passenger data unavailable) |
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Source: Calculated from US Department of Transportation and US Census Bureau data. |
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