US School Bus &
Transit Expenditures Compared: 2003

  Expenditures (Billions) Passenger Miles (Billions) Expenditures per Passenger Mile
Transit $42.8 45.5 $0.940
School Bus $15.6 45.8 $0.342
       
Transit Compared to School Bus: 2.73 0.99 2.75
       
Notes      
Estimated from the following data sources:    
National Household Transportation Survey (2001): Base school bus passenger miles
National Transit Database (2003): Transit passenger miles  
US Census Bureau: Transit Expenditures    
US Department of Education Digest of Education Statistics  
School Transportation News (School bus ridership trend 2001-2003)

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