Vehicle Miles of Travel, Motor Fuel Use, and Miles per Gallon for Vehicles

Vehicle Miles of Travel, Highway Motor fuel Use, and Miles Per Gallon for All Vehicles

Year	VMT (Billions)	Highway MF Use (Billions of Gallons)	Miles per Gallon	VMT Index	MF Index	MPG Index
1970	1,109	92.3	12.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1971	1,178	97.6	12.1	106.2	105.7	100.5
1972	1,259	105.0	12.0	113.5	113.8	99.8
1973	1,313	110.4	11.9	118.3	119.6	98.9
1974	1,280	106.3	12.1	115.4	115.2	100.2
1975	1,327	109.0	12.2	119.6	118.1	101.3
1976	1,402	115.7	12.1	126.4	125.4	100.8
1977	1,467	119.6	12.3	132.2	129.6	102.0
1978	1,544	125.0	12.4	139.2	135.4	102.8
1979	1,529	122.1	12.5	137.8	132.3	104.2
1980	1,527	115.0	13.3	137.6	124.6	110.5
1981	1,555	114.5	13.6	140.2	124.1	113.0
1982	1,595	113.4	14.1	143.7	122.9	117.0
1983	1,652	116.1	14.2	148.9	125.8	118.4
1984	1,720	118.7	14.5	155.0	128.6	120.5
1985	1,774	121.3	14.6	159.9	131.4	121.7
1986	1,834	125.2	14.7	165.4	135.6	121.9
1987	1,921	127.5	15.1	173.1	138.1	125.3
1988	2,026	130.1	15.6	182.6	141.0	129.5
1989	2,096	131.9	15.9	188.9	142.9	132.2
1990	2,144	130.7	16.4	193.2	141.6	136.5
1991	2,172	128.5	16.9	195.7	139.2	140.6
1992	2,247	132.9	16.9	202.5	144.0	140.6
1993	2,296	137.3	16.7	206.9	148.8	139.1
1994	2,357	140.9	16.7	212.5	152.7	139.2
1995	2,422	143.8	16.9	218.3	155.8	140.1
1996	2,482	146.7	16.9	223.7	158.9	140.7
1997	2,561	150.3	17.0	230.8	162.8	141.8
1998	2,625	154.8	17.0	236.6	167.7	141.1
1999	2,691	160.6	16.8	242.5	174.0	139.4
2000	2,749	162.3	16.9	247.8	175.8	141.0

Source: Office of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration.

United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration