Average Per-Passenger Fuel Economy by Travel Mode

Transit Rail Intercity Rail Commuter Rail Airlines Motorcycles Cars Light Trucks Transit Buses Demand Response
pmpGGE 141.3578234970926 79.8363786258045 75.97927843152102 53.6164519154887 50.7422915613835 43.14081409841972 37.4384003793247 25.94823371257527 7.743605970247819

Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book 40. 2022,Table 2.13.

British thermal unit (Btu) to GGE conversion taken from Appendix A3 of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Monthly Energy Review, September 2022.

Comparison of per-passenger fuel economy for various modes of transportation