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July 06, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Demand Response Statistics  

New Demand Response Vehicle Market by Power Source

New Paratransit Vehicle Market by Power Source, 2005-2010

 

BUILT IN 2005

ON ORDER JANUARY 2006

POTENTIAL ORDERS (a)

NUMBER

PER CENT

NUMBER

PER CENT

NUMBER

PER CENT

Total

1,697

100.0%

1,214

100.0%

4,535

100.0%

Biodiesel

3

0.2%

0

0.0%

47

1.0%

Clean diesel

29

1.7%

0

0.0%

120

2.6%

Compressed natural gas

1

0.1%

0

0.0%

30

0.7%

Diesel and electric battery

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

4

0.1%

Diesel fuel

934

55.0%

511

42.1%

2,714

59.8%

Gasoline

717

42.3%

703

57.9%

1,284

28.3%

Propane

13

0.8%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Undecided

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

336

7.4%

Source: APTA survey. Data are about 30% of national total.
CAUTION: The small sample represents primarily larger urban areas; inclusion of rural and small urban areas might produce significantly different results.
(a) DATA ARE TENTATIVE; SOME POTENTIAL ORDERS MAY NOT OCCUR.

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