In 2021, the amount of electricity consumed by the urban transit networks in the United States amounted to 5.78 terawatt-hours, a year-over-year decrease of nearly seven percent amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Electricity consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hour)
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (November 29, 2022). Electricity consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188359/energy-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-since-1993/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Electricity consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hour)." Chart. November 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188359/energy-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-since-1993/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2022). Electricity consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188359/energy-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-since-1993/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Electricity Consumption of The Urban Transportation Traffic in The United States from 2010 to 2021 (in Gigawatt-hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188359/energy-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-since-1993/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Electricity consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188359/energy-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-since-1993/ (last visited June 06, 2023)
Electricity consumption of the urban transportation traffic in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hour) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, November 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188359/energy-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-since-1993/