Alternative Fuels Data Center: Average Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled by Major Vehicle Category

Source:

Federal Highway Administration. Highway Statistics 2021, Table VM-1.
World Resources Institute Electric School Bus Initiative, Recommended total cost of ownership parameters for electric school buses, Table 1Highway Statistics 2021, Table VM-1.
Calculated from statistics found in American Public Transit Association's 2022 Public Transportation Fact Book.
Gordon, Deborah, Juliet Burdelski, and James S. Cannon. Greening Garbage Trucks: New Technologies for Cleaner Air. Inform, Inc. 2003.
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This chart shows average annual vehicle miles traveled (per vehicle) by major vehicle categories in the United States. Semi-Trucks, or semi-trailer trucks, typically travel much further than any other vehicle type. Transit buses, demand response vehicles, and refuse trucks also log high numbers of miles on average. Motorcycle miles continue to drop. See also Average Annual Fuel Use by Vehicle Type and Average Fuel Economy by Major Vehicle Category.

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	Semi-Truck	Transit Bus	Demand Response	Refuse Truck	Delivery Truck	School Bus	Light Truck/Van	Car	Motorcycle
VMT	62169	42940	29429	25000	12287	14084	11318	10573	2005