Index of Street Railway Fares for United States

Observations

Apr 1936: 161.6

Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:01 PM CDT

Units:

Index 1913=100,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Index of Street Railway Fares for United States	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Release

NBER Macrohistory Database	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Units

Index 1913=100	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Monthly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Notes

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1914-1936 (2)--Original Data, 1933-1943. The Fare Index Is For The Average Street Railway Fare In All U.S. Cities With A Population Of 50,000 Or More, Except New York City, And Weighted According To Population. Beginning In 1933 Bus Fares Were Included. Data For 1926-1936 Are Revised In Accordance With The 1930 Population Census. Source: Albert S. Richery, Moody'S Manual Of Public Utilities, 1923, P. X/Iv; "Public Utilities", Moody'S Manual Of Investments, 1934, P. A38, And Following Annual Issues. This NBER data series m03014a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: m03014a	2005-08-01	2005-08-01