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ANNUAL VEHICLE DISTANCE TRAVELED IN KILOMETERS AND RELATED DATA - 2006 1/

BY HIGHWAY CATEGORY AND VEHICLE TYPE

APRIL 2008 Table VM-1M
YEAR ITEM
PASSENGER
CARS
MOTOR-
CYCLES /3
BUSES
OTHER
2-AXLE 4-TIRE
VEHICLES 4/
SINGLE-UNIT
2-AXLE 6-TIRE
OR MORE
TRUCKS 5/
COMBINATION
TRUCKS
SUBTOTALS ALL
MOTOR
VEHICLES
PASSENGER
CARS
AND
OTHER 2-AXLE
4-TIRE VEHICLES
SINGLE-UNIT
2-AXLE 6-TIRE
OR MORE AND
COMBINATION
TRUCKS
Motor-Vehicle Travel: (millions of vehicle-kilometers) /2
2006 Interstate Rural 196,882 2,294 1,506 131,693 12,351 70,345 328,574 82,696 415,071
2005 197,610 2,183 1,522 129,026 12,411 70,274 326,636 82,685 413,025
2006 Other Arterial Rural 332,665 2,621 1,562 234,266 22,265 41,506 566,930 63,771 634,885
2005 338,495 2,273 1,566 231,707 22,234 41,757 570,202 63,991 638,032
2006 Other Rural 332,531 2,730 2,763 234,230 24,276 22,516 566,761 46,792 619,045
2005 338,057 2,520 2,813 221,144 23,255 22,682 559,201 45,937 610,471
2006 All Rural 862,077 7,644 5,832 600,189 58,892 134,367 1,462,266 193,259 1,669,001
2005 874,162 6,976 5,902 581,877 57,900 134,712 1,456,039 192,612 1,661,529
2006 Interstate Urban 430,236 4,038 1,722 268,176 16,578 47,363 698,411 63,941 768,113
2005 429,427 3,654 1,709 258,251 16,957 47,883 687,678 64,839 757,880
2006 Other Urban 1,415,684 8,276 3,702 884,232 53,810 47,933 2,299,916 101,742 2,413,636
2005 1,445,848 6,195 3,623 835,282 51,470 49,195 2,281,129 100,666 2,391,612
2006 All Urban 4/ 1,845,920 12,314 5,424 1,152,407 70,388 95,296 2,998,327 165,683 3,181,749
2005 1,875,275 9,849 5,332 1,093,533 68,427 97,078 2,968,807 165,505 3,149,493
2006 Total Rural and Urban 2,707,997 19,958 11,256 1,752,596 129,280 229,663 4,460,593 358,942 4,850,749
2005 2,749,437 16,825 11,234 1,675,410 126,327 231,790 4,424,846 358,117 4,811,021
2006 Number of motor vehicles registered 6/ 135,399,945 6,678,958 821,959 99,124,775 6,649,337 2,169,670 234,524,720 8,819,007 250,844,644
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 kilometers traveled per vehicle 20,000 2,988 13,694 17,681 19,442 105,852 19,020 40,701 19,338
2005 20,132 2,702 13,919 17,574 19,753 111,077 19,080 42,221 19,445
2006 Person-kilometers of travel (millions) 7/ 4,278,635 25,347 238,641 3,038,437 129,280 229,663 7,317,073 358,942 7,940,003
2005 4,344,110 21,367 238,170 2,904,621 126,327 231,790 7,248,731 358,117 7,866,385
2006 Fuel consumed (thousand liters) 8/ 283,840,139 836,402 4,342,353 229,630,001 37,260,700 106,273,783 513,470,139 143,534,484 662,183,378
2005 293,060,753 717,317 4,239,898 222,843,738 35,965,597 104,812,994 515,904,491 140,778,591 661,640,296
2006 Average fuel consumption per vehicle (liters) 8/ 2,096 125 5,283 2,317 5,604 48,982 2,189 16,276 2,640
2005 2,146 115 5,254 2,337 5,624 50,228 2,225 16,597 2,674
2006 Average kilometers traveled per liter of fuel consumed 8/ 9.5 23.9 2.6 7.6 3.5 2.2 8.7 2.5 7.3
2005 9.4 23.5 2.6 7.5 3.5 2.2 8.6 2.5 7.3

 

Footnotes

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. For 2006 Colorado and Indiana data for 2005 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 kilometers per liter 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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