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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States
Trend of vehicle miles traveled from 1970 to 2019 Last update February 2020
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Average Fuel Economy by Major Vehicle Category
Comparison of fuel economy among vehicle types Last update February 2020
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Average Vehicle Trip Length by Purpose
Average trip length by trip purpose in the United States, 2019 Last update February 2019
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Means of Transportation to Work
Trend of how people commuted to work in the United States from 1980 to 2019 Last update May 2021
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Monthly Fluctuation in U.S. Vehicle Miles Traveled
U.S. vehicle miles traveled for each month of the year, averaged from 2009 to 2019 Last update April 2020
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Share of All U.S. Vehicle Trips by Length (miles)
Breakdown of trip lengths among all vehicle trips Last update July 2021
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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States
| 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 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 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Trillion Miles | 1.128168 | 1.200898 | 1.276857 | 1.300512 | 1.297834 | 1.341416 | 1.413035 | 1.475402 | 1.55536 | 1.528928 | 1.52287 | 1.541724 | 1.606475 | 1.657857 | 1.720246 | 1.787798 | 1.857631 | 1.939041 | 2.041441 | 2.117716 | 2.141582 | 2.18883 | 2.25382 | 2.297939 | 2.38672 | 2.417911 | 2.496251 | 2.570334 | 2.626392 | 2.697095 | 2.754784 | 2.808501 | 2.854268 | 2.90417 | 2.972672 | 2.999419 | 3.012977 | 3.031224 | 2.964202 | 2.945064 | 2.973046 | 2.958872 | 2.968068 | 2.98342 | 3.036013 | 3.107344 | 3.18323 | 3.213516 | 3.228026 |
Source: Federal Highway Administration monthly Traffic Volume Trends reports.
This chart shows trends in total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States (expressed as a moving 12-month count) from 1971 through 2019. The long rise in VMT has seen three periods of flattened growth or decline, triggered by the oil price spikes of 1974, 1979, and 2008. The VMT flattening that started in 2008 continued long after oil prices recovered, largely because of an economic recession. Starting in 2012, VMT began rising again largely because the U.S. economy recovered and petroleum prices remained relatively low. The rate of increase has been lessening over the last three years. To view more details, notes, and acronyms, please download the Excel spreadsheet.
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