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2-2 Highway Travel: 1970–2014

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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Year Trillions of vehicle-miles (unadjusted)
1970 1.120328
1971 1.185616
1972 1.268363
1973 1.308287
1974 1.289644
1975 1.330073
1976 1.409162
1977 1.463408
1978 1.548211
1979 1.529132
1980 1.527295
1981 1.555308
1982 1.595010
1983 1.652788
1984 1.720269
1985 1.774826
1986 1.834872
1987 1.921204
1988 2.025962
1989 2.096487
1990 2.144362
1991 2.172050
1992 2.247151
1993 2.296378
1994 2.357588
1995 2.422823
1996 2.484080
1997 2.552233
1998 2.628148
1999 2.690241
2000 2.746925
2001 2.795610
2002 2.855508
2003 2.890221
2004 2.964788
2005 2.989430
2006 3.014371
2007 3.031124
2008 2.976528
2009 2.956764
2010 2.966506
2011 2.946131
2012 2.968815
2013 2.988323
2014 3.025656

Note: Data for 2007 and later years may not be comparable to previous years due to changes in methodology.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of October 2016.