US Public Transport Expenditures, Subsidies &
Passenger Usage from the 1960s

Year Capital & Operating Expenditures Commercial Revenues (Including Fares) Total Subsidies State & Local Subsidies Federal Subsidies Share of Expenditures Paid by Commercial Revenues Passenger Miles (Billions) Work Trip Market Share
1960             48.0 12.9%
1961-1969 $55.2 $52.4 $2.8 ($0.2) $2.9 95.0%    
                 
1970 $10.8 $8.6 $2.2 $1.6 $0.7 79.3% 41.0 8.9%
1971 $10.8 $8.4 $2.4 $1.0 $1.4 77.7%    
1972 $11.8 $8.1 $3.8 $1.4 $2.4 68.2%    
1973 $14.2 $7.9 $6.3 $2.5 $3.8 55.5%    
1974 $14.9 $7.6 $7.3 $3.5 $3.8 50.9%    
1975 $14.4 $7.3 $7.2 $2.0 $5.2 50.3% 38.0  
1976 $16.4 $7.4 $9.0 $2.7 $6.3 45.1%    
1977 $18.0 $7.3 $10.7 $3.3 $7.4 40.7%    
1978 $16.7 $7.1 $9.6 $1.4 $8.2 42.7%    
1979 $17.4 $6.8 $10.6 $2.6 $8.0 39.3%    
1980 $18.1 $5.7 $12.4 $3.2 $9.3 31.4% 39.9 6.4%
1981 $20.6 $6.4 $14.3 $5.5 $8.8 30.9% 38.5  
1982 $22.3 $7.1 $15.3 $8.0 $7.3 31.6% 37.1  
1983 $24.1 $7.1 $17.0 $9.1 $7.9 29.5% 37.6  
1984 $24.8 $7.1 $17.7 $10.5 $7.1 28.7% 39.4  
1985 $25.2 $7.7 $17.5 $11.3 $6.2 30.6% 39.6  
1986 $26.3 $7.9 $18.4 $12.2 $6.2 30.1% 40.2  
1987 $27.2 $8.2 $19.0 $13.0 $5.9 30.2% 40.3  
1988 $27.2 $7.9 $19.3 $14.0 $5.3 28.9% 40.6  
1989 $26.9 $7.9 $19.0 $14.0 $5.0 29.4% 38.2  
1990 $28.1 $7.8 $20.3 $15.7 $4.6 27.8% 38.0 5.3%
1991 $29.2 $8.1 $21.2 $16.5 $4.7 27.6% 37.5  
1992 $30.5 $8.0 $22.5 $17.2 $5.2 26.2% 37.2  
1993 $28.8 $7.9 $20.9 $15.8 $5.1 27.4% 36.2  
1994 $31.9 $8.2 $23.7 $17.9 $5.8 25.8% 37.9  
1995 $33.0 $8.4 $24.6 $16.5 $8.1 25.4% 38.0  
1996 $32.3 $8.6 $23.7 $18.7 $5.0 26.5% 39.0  
1997 $32.5 $8.9 $23.6 $18.2 $5.3 27.4% 40.2  
1998 $33.0 $9.0 $24.0 $18.2 $5.8 27.4% 41.6  
1999 $33.5 $9.0 $24.4 $18.1 $6.3 27.0% 43.3  
2000 $36.2 $9.1 $27.0 $20.5 $6.6 25.2% 43.4 4.7%
2001 $36.3 $9.7 $26.6 $19.3 $7.3 26.7% 46.5  
2002 $40.7 $9.6 $31.1 $23.0 $8.1 23.5% 45.9  
2003 $44.2 $9.5 $34.7 $26.8 $7.9 21.6% 45.7  
2004 $45.7 $10.1 $35.6 $27.6 $8.0 22.1% 46.5  
2005 $44.5 $10.4 $34.1 $25.8 $8.3 23.3% 46.4 4.7%
                 
Total $1,003.8 $344.2 $659.6 $438.5 $221.1      
                 
In billions of 2005$              
Subsidy Sources: In Preference as folllows based upon available data.      
  1-US Bureau of the Census Government database or Government Finance Series (intermittent)
  2-Statistical Abstract of the United States (annual, data intermittent)    
  3-APTA Fact Book (annual)          
Transit Work Trip Market Share:            
  Decennial US Census            
  2005 US Bureau of the Census American Community Survey      
1960s state & local subsidies are net of operating profits.        

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