Cost and Subsidy per Mile by Mode:
USA Transport 2002 & 2001
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Commercial/User Revenue |
Subsidies |
Total Cost |
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Airline |
$0.132 |
$0.006 |
$0.138 |
2002 |
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Intercity Bus |
$0.129 |
$0.000 |
$0.129 |
2002 |
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Amtrak |
$0.268 |
$0.183 |
$0.451 |
2002 |
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Personal Vehicles (Auto or SUV) |
$0.209 |
$0.001 |
$0.210 |
2001 |
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Mass Transit |
$0.194 |
$0.617 |
$0.811 |
2002 |
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Calculated from USDOT and Census Bureau Information |
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To facilitate the ideal of government as the servant of the people
by identifying and implementing
strategies to achieve public purposes
at a cost that is no higher than necessary.
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