PREFACE

This publication was prepared by the Office of Highway Information Management, Federal Highway Administration. It provides a general historical summary of information dealing with highways, their use, and their financing, thus bringing under one cover a comprehensive statistical review of highway development in the United States through 1995. The information presented in this volume supplements and, in some instances, supersedes similar data presented in the five earlier Highway Statistics Summary publications. Included are statistical and analytical tables of general interest on motor fuel, motor vehicles, driver licensing, highway-user taxation, Federal aid for highways; State and local highway finance, and highway mileage and usage characteristics. A listing of the data is given in the table of contents and a brief description is given in the text accompanying each section.

Each section in this publication includes information for 1995 (except that local government finance data end with 1994) and each has been carried back as far as possible, the earliest year being dependent on the availability or relevancy of information. Where not otherwise apparent, data for Alaska and Hawaii are included in summaries for 1959 and subsequent years.

The data presented have been obtained largely from Federal and State annual reports, and through the cooperative efforts of Federal, State, and local officials, particularly those of the State highway agencies.

Within the limited space offered by a single volume of this size, only the most widely used data could be presented. The Internet version of this Summary will contain additional data as it becomes available. Tabular series concentrated on current rather than historical data are found in Highway Statistics, published annually since 1945. Most of the earlier editions are out of print. Limited quantities of this edition and the 1995 Highway Statistics are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402:

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The following Highway Statistics annual and summary reports are available on microfiche and/or paper from the Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161; telephone orders--(703) 487-4650; fax orders--(703) 31-8547. Following are the accession numbers and prices to be used when ordering.

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Highway Statistics, Summary to 1965 PB 197713 $12.50
Highway Statistics, 1969 PB 197714 $12.50
Highway Statistics, 1970 PB 206547 $12.50
Highway Statistics, 1971 PB 218949 $12.50
Highway Statistics, 1972 PB 231001 $12.50
Highway Statistics, 1973 PB 239989 $12.50 $59.00
Highway Statistics, 1974 PB 255090 $12.50 $55.00
Highway Statistics, 1975, Section 1 PB 271953 $12.50 $31.50
Highway Statistics, 1975, Section 2 PB 261237 $12.50 $27.00
Highway Statistics, 1975, Section 3 PB 267552 $12.50 $35.00
Highway Statistics, 1975, Section 4 PB 261266 $12.50 $27.00
Highway Statistics, Summary to 1975 PB 273520 $12.50 $4.75
Highway Statistics, 1976 PB 282479 $12.50 $17.00
Highway Statistics, 1977 PB 296097 $12.50 $61.50
Highway Statistics, 1978 PB 80-126808 $12.50 $44.00


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Highway Statistics, 1979 PB 81-127367 $12.50 $39.00
Highway Statistics, 1980 PB 82-1422027 $12.50 $39.00
Highway Statistics, 1981 PB 83-128082 $12.50 $44.00
Highway Statistics, 1982 PB 84-132968 $12.50 $44.00
Highway Statistics, 1983 PB 85-139913 $12.50 $44.00
Highway Statistics, 1984 PB 86-156106 $12.50 $22.50
Highway Statistics, 1985 PB 87-128666 $12.50 $47.50
Highway Statistics, Summary to 1985 PB 87-191458 $12.50 $55.00
Highway Statistics, 1986 PB 88-149067 $12.50 $44.00
Highway Statistics, 1987 PB 89-127369 $12.50 $44.00
Highway Statistics, 1988 PB 90-131467 $17.50 $44.00
Highway Statistics, 1989 PB 91-124578 $17.50 $47.50
Highway Statistics, 1990 PB 92-235944 $24.50 $51.50
Highway Statistics, 1991 PB 93-132520 $19.50 $41.00
Highway Statistics, 1992 PB 94-128493 $19.50 $41.00
Highway Statistics, 1993 PB 95-174298 $19.50 $49.00
Highway Statistics, 1994 PB 95-136734 $19.50 $49.00
Highway Statistics, 1995 PB 97-144208 $19.50 $49.00