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Highway Statistics 2007

Trip Length, Commute Speeds and Travel Time, 1983-2001

Average Vehicle Commute Speed by MSA Size
  1983 1990 1995 2001
Not in an Urban Area 33.4 39.1 39.5 38.2
Large Urban Area (1-2.9 million pop.) 30.0 33.3 34.1 31.2
Mega Urban Area (3+ mil. Pop.) 28.4 32.8 33.4 29.7

 

Commute Trips
  1983 1990 1995 2001      
Trip Length 8.54 10.61 11.63 12.11      
Travel Time 18.2 19.6 20.65 23.32 46.64 14.36 0.76459
Commute Speed 28.28 33.35 34.67 32.23      

Average Vehicle Commute Speed by MSA Size Line Graph

Source: NHTS Data Series

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