Table 1-33M: Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometer by Functional Class
Table 1-33M: Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometer by Functional Class
1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
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Urban VKT, total (millions) | 1,376,416 | 1,680,313 | 2,052,693 | 2,073,635 | 2,193,623 | 2,268,647 | 2,332,337 | 2,397,173 | 2,452,457 | 2,511,132 | 2,571,836 | 2,618,331 | 2,678,212 |
Interstate | 259,494 | 347,921 | 448,848 | 459,186 | 488,058 | 510,804 | 532,012 | 549,636 | 565,812 | 581,619 | 602,896 | 616,545 | 633,148 |
Other arterialsa | 779,227 | 930,635 | 1,125,306 | 1,138,640 | 1,199,956 | 1,245,597 | 1,284,094 | 1,311,889 | 1,343,196 | 1,362,566 | 1,388,854 | 1,412,675 | 1,448,078 |
Collector | 133,645 | 144,162 | 171,068 | 172,652 | 186,789 | 189,721 | 193,263 | 204,272 | 208,104 | 209,445 | 212,303 | 211,708 | 217,770 |
Local | 204,050 | 257,595 | 307,470 | 303,157 | 318,821 | 322,525 | 322,968 | 331,375 | 335,345 | 357,503 | 367,783 | 377,403 | 379,216 |
Rural VKT, total (millions) | 1,081,527 | 1,175,993 | 1,398,324 | 1,421,941 | 1,422,816 | 1,427,015 | 1,461,833 | 1,501,983 | 1,545,282 | 1,611,517 | 1,663,188 | 1,711,428 | 1,745,364 |
Interstate | 217,397 | 248,414 | 322,147 | 329,933 | 330,812 | 335,239 | 346,923 | 359,498 | 374,277 | 386,653 | 404,782 | 418,526 | 432,673 |
Other arterialsa | 422,894 | 455,127 | 532,477 | 538,736 | 553,714 | 562,574 | 575,065 | 593,196 | 609,695 | 630,956 | 649,345 | 664,903 | 676,564 |
Collectorb | 304,919 | 332,602 | 386,983 | 395,303 | 378,051 | 364,188 | 371,000 | 380,043 | 387,900 | 409,359 | 414,982 | 425,423 | 430,358 |
Local | 136,318 | 139,850 | 156,716 | 157,968 | 160,239 | 165,014 | 168,844 | 169,245 | 173,410 | 184,548 | 194,079 | 202,576 | 205,769 |
Urban VKT per lane-kilometer, total (thousands) | 987 | 1,089 | 1,229 | 1,232 | 1,247 | 1,258 | 1,277 | 1,304 | 1,320 | 1,334 | 1,360 | 1,381 | 1,399 |
Interstate | 5,354 | 6,072 | 7,215 | 7,309 | 7,256 | 7,383 | 7,511 | 7,699 | 7,881 | 8,050 | 8,258 | 8,415 | 8,569 |
Other arterialsa | 2,335 | 2,504 | 2,818 | 2,830 | 2,869 | 2,861 | 2,902 | 2,943 | 2,989 | 3,003 | 3,059 | 3,138 | 3,182 |
Collector | 921 | 888 | 1,020 | 1,045 | 1,060 | 1,056 | 1,054 | 1,104 | 1,114 | 1,109 | 1,131 | 1,137 | 1,155 |
Local | 235 | 271 | 295 | 288 | 291 | 288 | 286 | 291 | 291 | 306 | 312 | 319 | 317 |
Rural VKT per lane-kilometer, total (thousands) | 166 | 182 | 219 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 231 | 238 | 245 | 253 | 266 | 272 | 277 |
Interstate | 1,660 | 1,883 | 2,371 | 2,417 | 2,479 | 2,537 | 2,643 | 2,725 | 2,815 | 2,903 | 3,038 | 3,120 | 3,216 |
Other arterialsa | 834 | 892 | 1,029 | 1,040 | 1,051 | 1,070 | 1,085 | 1,118 | 1,144 | 1,175 | 1,207 | 1,233 | 1,254 |
Collectorb | 213 | 227 | 264 | 269 | 262 | 254 | 259 | 268 | 274 | 288 | 293 | 301 | 304 |
Local | 31 | 32 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 49 |
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.
b Collector 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.
1995-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-2 and VM-2A.
Lane-kilometers:
1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Information Management, unpublished data, 1997, table HM-260.
1996-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60.