U.S. HIGHWAY VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
U.S. HIGHWAY VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
Highway Vehicle Miles Traveled (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) are key data for highway planning and management, and a common measure of roadway use. Along with other data, VMT are often used in estimating congestion, air quality, and potential gas tax revenues, and can provide a general measure of the level of the nations economic activity.
NOTE: See "Special Section" for discussion of VMT underlying and actual trend.
Vehicle Miles Traveled | May-00 | May-01 |
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Millions of highway miles | 237,596 | 238,865 |
Vehicle miles percent change from same month previous year | 2.95 | 0.53 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Policy Information, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tvtw/tvtpage.htm.