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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States
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Average Fuel Economy by Major Vehicle Category
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Average Vehicle Trip Length by Purpose
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Means of Transportation to Work
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Monthly Fluctuation in U.S. Vehicle Miles Traveled
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Share of All U.S. Vehicle Trips by Length (miles)
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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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