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FIGURE 3-8 U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Highway Vehicle-Miles Travelled (VMT): 1990-2012

Friday, April 10, 2015

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  GDP (billions of chained 2009 dollars) Highway VMT (millions)
1990 $ 8,945 2,144,362
1991 $ 8,939 2,172,050
1992 $ 9,257 2,247,151
1993 $ 9,511 2,296,378
1994 $ 9,895 2,357,588
1995 $ 10,164 2,422,696
1996 $ 10,550 2,485,848
1997 $ 11,023 2,561,695
1998 $ 11,513 2,631,522
1999 $ 12,071 2,691,056
2000 $ 12,565 2,746,925
2001 $ 12,684 2,795,610
2002 $ 12,910 2,855,508
2003 $ 13,270 2,890,221
2004 $ 13,774 2,964,788
2005 $ 14,236 2,989,430
2006 $ 14,615 3,014,371
2007 $ 14,877 3,031,124
2008 $ 14,834 2,976,528
2009 $ 14,418 2,956,764
2010 $ 14,779 2,967,266
2011 $ 15,052 2,946,131
2012 $ 15,471 2,968,815

SOURCE: GDP: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis as cited U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics, Table 3-2. Available www.bts.gov as of June 2014. VMT: DOT, Federal Highway Administration as cited in DOT, BTS. National Transportation Statistics, Table 1-35. Available www.bts.gov as of June 2014.