Table 1-36: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class(a)

Friday, July 22, 2016

	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Urban VMT, total (millions)	855,265	1,044,098	1,275,484	1,288,497	1,363,054	1,409,672	1,449,247	1,489,534	1,523,886	1,552,956	1,595,620	1,627,618	1,663,773	1,686,642	1,727,596	1,805,508	1,892,265	1,951,870	1,977,047	1,994,519	1,983,091	1,974,583	1,982,357	1,972,094	1,992,191	2,046,411	2,104,728
Interstate	161,242	216,188	278,901	285,325	303,265	317,399	330,577	341,528	351,579	361,433	374,622	383,259	393,465	399,986	408,618	432,633	454,385	469,070	477,283	483,315	476,091	474,798	477,692	476,704	484,547	505,309	519,843
Other arterial^b	484,189	578,270	699,233	707,518	745,618	773,978	797,899	815,170	834,623	846,627	862,996	878,153	900,392	913,936	937,357	973,936	1,020,089	1,048,219	1,060,098	1,068,130	1,062,226	1,053,529	1,052,572	1,044,104	1,052,184	1,068,927	1,085,036
Collector^c	83,043	89,578	106,297	107,281	116,065	117,887	120,088	126,929	129,310	130,146	131,905	131,603	135,372	137,921	141,874	153,751	162,108	168,038	173,210	174,661	175,389	179,993	180,565	178,778	179,513	188,547	205,053
Local	126,791	160,062	191,053	188,373	198,106	200,408	200,683	205,907	208,374	214,750	226,097	234,603	234,544	234,799	239,747	245,188	255,683	266,543	266,456	268,413	269,385	266,264	271,528	272,507	275,946	283,628	294,796
Rural VMT, total (millions)	672,030	730,728	868,878	883,553	884,097	886,706	908,341	933,289	960,194	999,277	1,032,528	1,062,623	1,083,152	1,110,697	1,128,160	1,085,385	1,070,248	1,037,937	1,037,069	1,035,303	990,418	982,180	984,148	974,038	976,624	941,912	920,928
Interstate	135,084	154,357	200,173	205,011	205,557	208,308	215,568	223,382	232,565	240,255	251,520	260,166	268,180	273,619	279,962	269,945	266,996	258,790	257,913	256,438	243,290	242,178	245,647	243,587	245,872	234,303	231,372
Other arterial^b	262,774	282,803	330,866	334,755	344,062	349,567	357,329	368,595	378,847	392,057	403,484	413,320	420,599	427,482	433,805	416,596	409,944	398,932	394,499	393,465	374,273	372,860	376,413	373,099	371,954	358,762	355,119
Collector^c	189,468	206,669	240,460	245,630	234,910	226,296	230,529	236,148	241,030	254,100	257,868	264,453	267,231	272,109	275,007	263,662	260,931	251,587	251,375	251,514	241,158	231,337	229,357	227,754	228,771	221,223	208,689
Local	84,704	86,899	97,379	98,157	99,568	102,535	104,915	105,164	107,752	112,865	119,656	124,684	127,142	137,487	139,386	135,182	132,377	128,628	133,282	133,886	131,697	135,805	132,731	129,597	130,027	127,623	125,747
Urban VMT per lane-mile, total (thousands)	613	677	764	766	775	782	794	809	820	825	844	858	869	857	861	856	860	862	856	851	829	808	805	801	796	775	785
Interstate	3,327	3,773	4,483	4,542	4,508	4,588	4,667	4,785	4,897	5,002	5,131	5,229	5,323	5,370	5,440	5,436	5,479	5,455	5,427	5,414	5,245	5,221	5,175	5,142	5,150	5,108	5,070
Other arterial^b	1,451	1,556	1,751	1,758	1,783	1,778	1,803	1,828	1,857	1,866	1,901	1,950	1,974	1,997	2,025	2,012	2,019	2,001	1,989	1,977	1,923	1,853	1,845	1,860	1,851	1,837	1,892
Collector^c	572	552	634	649	659	656	655	686	692	689	703	706	718	728	743	741	745	745	747	747	723	713	702	709	701	695	688
Local	146	168	184	179	181	179	178	181	181	184	192	198	196	189	188	183	184	187	183	181	179	174	176	175	174	168	173
Rural VMT per lane-mile, total (thousands)	103	113	136	138	139	140	144	148	152	157	165	169	172	177	179	175	174	170	170	169	163	161	161	159	160	157	151
Interstate	1,031	1,170	1,473	1,502	1,540	1,576	1,642	1,693	1,749	1,804	1,888	1,939	1,993	2,032	2,080	2,070	2,088	2,061	2,074	2,076	1,981	1,987	1,987	1,967	1,971	1,939	1,949
Other arterial^b	518	555	640	646	653	665	674	695	711	730	750	766	778	788	797	780	771	753	744	742	705	694	694	693	691	676	671
Collector^c	132	141	164	167	163	158	161	167	170	179	182	187	189	192	195	190	189	183	184	184	177	168	166	166	167	163	156
Local	19	20	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	26	29	30	30	33	33	33	32	32	33	33	32	33	33	32	32	32	31

^a Includes the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

^b Urban other arterial includes other freeways and expressways, other principal arterial, and minor arterial. Rural other arterial includes other principal arterial and minor arterial prior to 2009, and includes other freeways and expressways, other principal arterial and minor arterial for 2009.

^bCollector is the sum of major and minor collectors.

NOTES

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

2009 data exclude 823 miles of federal agency owned roads and 71 miles of other non federal agency owned roads. 2008 data exclude 788 miles of federal agency owned roads. 2007 data exclude 788 miles of federal owned roads and 437 miles of local government owned roads. 2006 data exclude 788 miles of federal owned roads and included 274 miles of miscoded roads. 2005 data exclude 770 miles of federal agency owned roads.

Component values may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT):

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, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Mar. 18, 2009.

1995-2014: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-2, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 10, 2016.

Lane-miles:

1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Information Management, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995 (Washington, DC), table HM-260, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Mar. 29, 2011.

1996-2014: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table HM-60, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of May 10, 2016.

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Table 1-36: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class(a)