Table 1-33: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class
Table 1-33: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class
1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
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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 arterialsa | 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 arterialsa | 262,774 | 282,803 | 330,866 | 368,595 | (R) 420,599 | 426,945 | 433,805 | 416,596 |
Collectorb | 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 arterialsa | 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 arterialsa | 518 | 555 | 640 | 695 | (R) 778 | 787 | 797 | 780 |
Collectorb | 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.
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.
1995-2003: 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.