Table 1-30MRoadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometer by Functional Class

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
VKT (millions)
Urban
Interstate	259,494	^R347,922	448,848	459,187	488,059	510,805	532,013	^R549,616	^R565,813	^R581,571	602,551
Other arterials^a	^R779,228	^R930,637	^R1,125,309	1,138,642	1,199,958	1,245,599	1,284,096	^R1,311,782	^R1,343,198	^R1,362,467	1,387,975
Collector	133,645	144,162	^R171,069	172,652	186,789	189,721	193,263	^R204,199	^R208,105	209,957	210,601
Local	^R204,051	257,595	^R307,471	303,158	318,821	322,526	322,969	^R331,376	^R335,346	^R357,314	361,046
Total	^R1,376,418	^R1,680,316	^R2,052,696	2,073,639	2,193,627	2,268,651	2,332,341	^R2,396,973	^R2,452,461	^R2,511,309	2,562,172
Rural
Interstate	217,397	248,414	^R322,148	329,934	330,813	335,240	346,924	^R359,499	^R374,278	^R386,438	404,046
Other arterials^a	^R422,895	^R455,128	^R532,478	538,737	553,715	562,575	575,066	^R593,197	^R609,696	^R630,029	649,505
Collector^b	^R304,920	332,602	^R386,984	395,304	378,052	364,189	371,001	^R380,044	^R387,901	^R408,464	415,323
Local	136,318	^R139,851	^R156,717	157,969	160,239	165,014	168,845	169,245	^R176,256	184,288	194,081
Total	^R1,081,529	^R1,175,995	^R1,398,326	1,421,943	1,422,819	1,427,018	1,461,836	^R1,501,986	^R1,548,131	^R1,609,218	1,662,954
VKT per lane-kilometer (thousands)
Urban
Interstate	^R3,327	^R3,773	^R4,483	4,542	4,508	4,588	4,667	^R4,785	^R4,902	^R5,005	5,140
Other arterials^a	^R1,451	^R1,556	^R1,751	1,758	1,783	1,778	1,803	^R1,828	^R1,855	^R1,868	1,899
Collector	^R572	^R552	^R634	649	659	656	655	^R686	^R687	^R693	698
Local	^R146	^R168	^R184	179	181	179	178	^R181	292	^R190	191
Total	^R613	^R677	^R764	766	775	782	794	^R809	^R819	^R830	842
Rural
Interstate	^R1,031	^R1,170	^R1,473	1,502	1,540	1,576	1,642	^R1,693	^R1,748	^R1,803	1,885
Other arterials^a	^R518	^R555	^R640	646	653	665	674	^R695	1,144	^R729	750
Collector^b	^R132	^R141	^R164	167	163	158	161	^R167	274	^R179	182
Local	^R19	^R20	^R23	23	23	24	25	^R25	^R25	^R27	29
Total	^R103	^R113	^R136	138	139	140	144	^R148	245	^R157	165

^a For urban: the sum of other freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials.For rural: they represent the sum of other principal arterials and minor arterials.
^b Collector is the sum of major and minor collectors (rural only).

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE: See table 1-5M for estimated highway lane-kilometers by functional class.

SOURCES:
Vehicle-kilometers:
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.
1995-97: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables VM-2 and VM-2A.
Lane-kilometers:
1980-95: Ibid., Office of Highway Information Management, unpublished data, 1997, table HM-260.
1996-98: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60.

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Table 1-30MRoadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometer by Functional Class

Table 1-30MRoadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometer by Functional Class