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Public Road Mileage - VMT - Lane Miles, 1920 - 2008, data table below.

Public Road Mileage - VMT - Lane Miles, 1920 - 2008

Year Public Road
Mileage
Lane
Miles
VMT 
(Millions)
1900 2,320,000   100
1901 2,325,000   170
1902 2,330,000   310
1903 2,340,000   460
1904 2,351,000   750
1905 2,360,000   970
1906 2,370,000   1,240
1907 2,382,000   1,440
1908 2,395,000   1,850
1909 2,410,000   2,590
1910 2,430,000   3,580
1911 2,470,000   5,040
1912 2,515,000   7,390
1913 2,590,000   10,250
1914 2,666,000   14,060
1915 2,745,000   19,530
1916 2,850,000   25,860
1917 2,925,000   30,680
1918 3,000,000   36,980
1919 3,050,000   44,110
1920 3,105,000   47,600
1921 3,160,000   55,027
1922 3,196,000   67,697
1923 3,233,000   84,995
1924 3,243,000   104,838
1925 3,246,000   122,346
1926 3,242,000   140,735
1927 3,257,000   158,453
1928 3,262,000   172,856
1929 3,272,000   197,720
1930 3,259,000   206,320
1931 3,291,000   216,151
1932 3,296,000   200,517
1933 3,286,000   200,642
1934 3,309,000   215,563
1935 3,310,000   228,568
1936 3,267,000   252,128
1937 3,245,000   270,110
1938 3,257,000   271,177
1939 3,274,000   285,402
1940 3,287,000   302,188
1941 3,309,678   333,612
1942 3,308,497   268,224
1943 3,311,138   208,192
1944 3,311,177   212,713
1945 3,319,286   250,173
1946 3,316,538   340,880
1947 3,326,153   370,894
1948 3,322,660   397,957
1949 3,321,742   424,461
1950 3,312,975   458,246
1951 3,326,510   491,093
1952 3,343,170   513,581
1953 3,366,190   544,433
1954 3,394,561   561,963
1955 3,418,214   605,646
1956 3,429,801   627,843
1957 3,453,118   645,004
1958 3,478,787   664,653
1959 3,510,660   700,480
1960 3,545,693   718,762
1961 3,573,046   737,421
1962 3,599,581   766,734
1963 3,620,457   805,249
1964 3,644,069   846,298
1965 3,689,666   887,812
1966 3,697,950   925,899
1967 3,704,914   964,005
1968 3,684,085   1,015,869
1969 3,710,299   1,061,791
1970 3,730,082   1,109,724
1971 3,758,942   1,178,811
1972 3,786,713   1,259,786
1973 3,806,883   1,313,110
1974 3,815,807   1,280,544
1975 3,838,146   1,327,664
1976 3,857,356   1,402,380
1977 3,867,167   1,467,027
1978 3,884,761   1,544,704
1979 3,917,496   1,529,133
1980 3,859,837 7,922,174 1,527,295
1981 3,852,473 7,856,560 1,555,308
1982 3,865,894 8,012,913 1,595,010
1983 3,879,617 8,055,068 1,652,788
1984 3,891,464 8,076,149 1,720,269
1985 3,863,912 8,017,994 1,774,826
1986 3,877,941 8,048,512 1,834,872
1987 3,873,992 8,051,015 1,921,204
1988 3,870,744 8,048,008 2,025,962
1989 3,876,865 8,062,952 2,096,487
1990 3,866,926 8,051,081 2,144,362
1991 3,883,920 8,087,793 2,172,050
1992 3,901,081 8,124,090 2,247,151
1993 3,905,211 8,132,196 2,296,378
1994 3,906,595 8,143,014 2,357,588
1995 3,912,344 8,158,253 2,422,823
1996 3,934,264 8,178,654 2,499,779
1997 3,960,500 8,242,437 2,568,404
1998 3,920,968 8,160,836 2,644,672
1999 3,932,017 8,177,983 2,707,236
2000 3,951,101 8,224,245 2,764,484
2001 3,963,265 8,251,865 2,813,416
2002 3,981,671 8,295,170 2,873,612
2003 3,990,899 8,315,121 2,908,778
2004 3,997,456 8,338,821 2,982,017
2005 4,011,628 8,338,821 3,009,218
2006 4,033,011 8,420,589 3,033,753
2007 4,048,518 8,491,789 3,049,027
2008 4,059,352 8,518,767 2,992,705
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