Over the period of consideration, the amount of rail passenger miles traveled during August – a peak time for rail travel in the U.S. – increased steadily, with few fluctuations. Rail passenger travel peaked in August 2019, where roughly 287 billion rail passenger miles were traveled in that given month.
Rail passenger miles traveled in the U.S. between August 2010 and 2019
(in billions)
These are unadjusted values from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highways Administration, Traffic Volumes and Trends. Values have been taken from August of every year, as this tends to represent the peak season for rail passenger travel.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (August 5, 2020). Rail passenger miles traveled in the U.S. between August 2010 and 2019 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142453/rail-passenger-miles-united-states/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Rail passenger miles traveled in the U.S. between August 2010 and 2019 (in billions)." Chart. August 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142453/rail-passenger-miles-united-states/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2020). Rail passenger miles traveled in the U.S. between August 2010 and 2019 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142453/rail-passenger-miles-united-states/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Rail Passenger Miles Traveled in The U.S. between August 2010 and 2019 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142453/rail-passenger-miles-united-states/
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