In 2021, the amount of motor fuel consumed by the urban transit networks in the United States reached 709 million gallons, a year-over-year decrease of around six 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 the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by type (in million gallons)
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (February 16, 2022). Motor fuel consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by type (in million gallons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Motor fuel consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by type (in million gallons)." Chart. February 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2022). Motor fuel consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by type (in million gallons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Motor Fuel Consumption of The Urban Transportation Traffic in The United States from 2010 to 2021, by Type (in Million Gallons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Motor fuel consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by type (in million gallons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/ (last visited June 06, 2023)
Motor fuel consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by type (in million gallons) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, February 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/