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.
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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 June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296155/fuel-consumption-of-us-transit-traffic-by-type/
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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/
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