Decreasing Reliance on Public School Transportation

	1
1929-30	8.9
1931-32	10.9
1933-34	12.4
1935-36	14.6
1937-38	16.9
1939-40	18.8
1941-42	21.4
1943-44	23
1945-46	25.5
1947-48	28
1949-50	31.2
1951-52	33.1
1953-54	32.8
1955-56	35
1957-58	36.5
1959-60	37.6
1961-62	38.1
1963-64	38.7
1965-66	39.7
1967-68	42
1969-70	43.4
1971-72	46.1
1973-74	51.5
1975-76	52.8
1977-78	54.4
1979-80	56.7
1980-81	59.1
1981-82	60
1982-83	60.6
1983-84	60.6
1984-85	61.3
1985-86	60.3
1986-87	60.8
1987-88	59.8
1988-89	60.7
1989-90	59.4
1990-91	57.3
1991-92	59.5
1992-93	59.2
1993-94	59.4
1994-95	58.2
1995-96	58.2
1996-97	57
1997-98	56.9
1998-99	57.7
1999-2000	57
2000-01	55.5
2001-02	55
2002-03	54.7
2003-04	55.5
2004-05	55.5
2005-06	55
2006-07	54.8
2007-08	54.6

% of students transported at public expense

Sources: nces.ed.gov