BTS | Table 1-33: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class

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Table 1-33: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class

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	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003
Urban VMT, total (millions)	855,265	1,044,098	1,275,484	1,489,534	(R) 1,663,773	1,676,379	1,727,596	1,805,508
Interstate	161,242	216,188	278,901	341,528	(R) 393,465	399,890	408,618	432,633
Other arterials^a	484,189	578,270	699,233	815,170	(R) 900,392	913,726	937,357	973,936
Collector	83,043	89,578	106,297	126,929	(R) 135,372	137,922	141,874	153,751
Local	126,791	160,062	191,053	205,907	(R) 234,544	224,841	239,747	245,188
Rural VMT, total (millions)	672,030	730,728	868,878	933,289	(R) 1,083,152	1,105,083	1,128,160	1,085,385
Interstate	135,084	154,357	200,173	223,382	(R) 268,180	274,024	279,962	269,945
Other arterials^a	262,774	282,803	330,866	368,595	(R) 420,599	426,945	433,805	416,596
Collector^b	189,468	206,669	240,460	236,148	(R) 267,231	270,962	275,007	263,662
Local	84,704	86,899	97,379	105,164	(R) 127,142	133,152	139,386	135,182
Urban VMT per lane-mile, total (thousands)	613	677	764	810	869	852	861	856
Interstate	3,327	3,773	4,483	4,784	(R) 5,323	5,370	5,440	5,436
Other arterials^a	1,451	1,556	1,751	1,829	(R) 1,974	1,997	2,025	2,012
Collector	572	552	634	686	718	728	743	741
Local	146	168	184	181	(R) 196	181	188	183
Rural VMT per lane-mile, total (thousands)	103	113	136	148	172	176	179	175
Interstate	1,031	1,170	1,473	1,693	(R) 1,993	2,035	2,080	2,070
Other arterials^a	518	555	640	695	(R) 778	787	797	780
Collector^b	132	141	164	167	189	192	195	190
Local	19	20	23	25	30	32	33	33

KEY: R = revised.

^a For urban: the sum of other freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials.

For rural: the sum of other principal arterials and minor arterials.

^bCollector is the sum of major and minor collectors (rural only).

NOTE

See table 1-6 for estimated highway lane-miles by functional class.

SOURCES

1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-202.

1995-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-2 and VM-2A.

Lane-miles:

1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Information Management, unpublished data, 1997, table HM-260.

1996-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60.