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ANNUAL VEHICLE DISTANCE TRAVELED IN MILES AND RELATED DATA - 2006 1/
BY HIGHWAY CATEGORY AND VEHICLE TYPE

APRIL 2008 Table VM-1
YEAR ITEMPASSENGER CARSMOTOR- CYCLES 3/BUSESOTHER 2-AXLE 4-TIRE VEHICLES 4/SINGLE-UNIT 2-AXLE 6-TIRE OR MORE TRUCKS 5/COMBINATION TRUCKSSUBTOTALSALL MOTOR VEHICLES
PASSENGER CARS AND OTHER 2-AXLE 4-TIRE VEHICLESSINGLE-UNIT 2-AXLE 6-TIRE OR MORE AND COMBINATION TRUCKS
Motor-Vehicle Travel: (millions of vehicle-miles) 2/
2006 Interstate Rural122,337 1,425 936 81,830 7,674 43,711 204,167 51,385 257,913
2005 122,789 1,356 946 80,173 7,712 43,666 202,962 51,378 256,642
2006 Other Arterial Rural206,708 1,628 971 145,566 13,835 25,791 352,274 39,626 394,499
2005 210,331 1,413 973 143,976 13,815 25,946 354,307 39,762 396,455
2006 Other Rural206,625 1,696 1,717 145,544 15,084 13,990 352,169 29,075 384,657
2005 210,059 1,566 1,748 137,413 14,450 14,094 347,471 28,544 379,329
2006 All Rural535,670 4,750 3,624 372,940 36,594 83,492 908,610 120,086 1,037,069
2005 543,179 4,335 3,667 361,562 35,977 83,706 904,741 119,683 1,032,426
2006 Interstate Urban267,336 2,509 1,070 166,637 10,301 29,430 433,973 39,731 477,283
2005 266,834 2,270 1,062 160,470 10,536 29,753 427,303 40,289 470,925
2006 Other Urban879,665 5,143 2,300 549,436 33,436 29,784 1,429,102 63,220 1,499,764
2005 898,408 3,849 2,251 519,020 31,982 30,568 1,417,428 62,551 1,486,079
2006 All Urban1,147,001 7,652 3,370 716,073 43,737 59,214 1,863,074 102,951 1,977,047
2005 1,165,242 6,120 3,313 679,490 42,519 60,321 1,844,731 102,840 1,957,004
2006 Total Rural and Urban1,682,671 12,401 6,994 1,089,013 80,331 142,706 2,771,684 223,037 3,014,116
2005 1,708,421 10,454 6,980 1,041,051 78,496 144,028 2,749,472 222,523 2,989,430
2006 Number of motor vehicles registered 6/135,399,945 6,686,147 821,959 99,124,775 6,649,337 2,169,670 234,524,720 8,819,007 250,851,833
2005 136,568,083 6,227,146 807,053 95,336,839 6,395,240 2,086,759 231,904,922 8,481,999 247,421,120
2006 Average miles traveled per vehicle12,427 1,855 8,509 10,986 12,081 65,773 11,818 25,290 12,016
2005 12,510 1,679 8,649 10,920 12,274 69,020 11,856 26,235 12,082
2006 Person-miles of travel 7/(millions)2,658,621 15,750 148,285 1,887,997 80,331 142,706 4,546,618 223,037 4,933,689
2005 2,699,305 13,277 147,992 1,804,848 78,496 144,028 4,504,153 222,523 4,887,945
2006 Fuel consumed 8/(thousand gallons)74,982,632 220,954 1,147,128 60,661,829 9,843,236 28,074,563 135,644,460 37,917,799 174,930,342
2005 77,418,461 189,495 1,120,063 58,869,088 9,501,105 27,688,664 136,287,548 37,189,769 174,786,875
2006 Average fuel consumption per vehicle(gallons) 8/554 33 1,396 612 1,480 12,940 578 4,300 697
2005 567 30 1,388 617 1,486 13,269 588 4,385 706
2006 Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed 8/22.4 56.1 6.1 18.0 8.2 5.1 20.4 5.9 17.2
2005 22.1 55.2 6.2 17.7 8.3 5.2 20.2 6.0 17.1

1/ The 50 states and the District of Columbia report travel by highway category, number of motor vehicles registered, and total fuel consumed. The travel and fuel data by vehicle type and stratification of trucks are estimated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Entries for 2005 have been revised based on the availability of more current data. Estimation procedures include use of State-supplied data, the 2002 Census of Transportation Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), and other sources.

2/ Totals by highway category are from table VM-2.

3/ Estimation process accounts for all States, including those that did not report motorcycles (District of Columbia, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Texas).

4/ Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicles which are not passenger cars. These include vans, pickup trucks, and sport/utility vehicles.

5/ Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Trucks on a single frame with at least two axles and six tires.

6/ Truck registration figures are from tables MV-1 and MV-9 with truck distribution estimated by the FHWA using the 2002 VIUS. Colorado and Indiana did not submit 2006 data so 2005 data was used.

7/ Vehicle occupancy is estimated by the FHWA from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) with nominal values for heavy trucks.

8/ Total fuel consumption figures are from tables MF-21 and MF-27. Distribution by vehicle type is estimated by the FHWA based on miles per gallon for both diesel and gasoline powered vehicles using State-supplied data, the 2002 VIUS, and other sources with nominal inputs for motorcycles and buses. Procedures were revised for this table.


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