In 2022, the amount of motor fuel consumed by the transit networks in the United States reached 749 million gallons, a year-over-year increase of around 5.6 percent from the previous year. During the same year, the most consumed fuel type was diesel, with almost 65 percent of the total fuel consumption.
Motor fuel consumption of transit in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by type
(in million gallons)
Characteristic
Diesel*
Compressed natural gas
Gasoline and other nondiesel fuels**
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* Includes diesel and bio-diesel.
** Includes gasoline, Liquified Petroleum Gas, Liquified Natural Gas, methane, ethanol, bunker fuel, kerosene, grain additive, and other fuels.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (December 27, 2023). Motor fuel consumption of transit in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by type (in million gallons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Motor fuel consumption of transit in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by type (in million gallons)." Chart. December 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2023). Motor fuel consumption of transit in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by type (in million gallons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Motor Fuel Consumption of Transit in The United States from 2010 to 2022, by Type (in Million Gallons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Motor fuel consumption of transit in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by type (in million gallons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Motor fuel consumption of transit in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by type (in million gallons) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, December 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/