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Traffic Volume Trends - February 2003

Based on preliminary reports from the State Highway Agencies, travel during February 2003 on all roads and streets in the nation changed by -2.9 percent as compared to February 2002 resulting in estimated travel for the month at 200.3 billion vehicle-miles. This total includes 76.6 billion vehicle-miles on rural roads and 123.8 billion vehicle-miles on urban roads and streets.

Travel for the current month as well the cumulative yearly total on all roads and streets is shown below. Similar totals for each year since 1970 are also included.

Travel in Millions
All Roads and Streets
YearFebruaryYear to Date
197077,442157,615
197180,118165,455
197288,272180,738
197392,567189,231
197486,426181,456
197591,303189,645
197698,528200,988
1977102,416204,861
1978107,018216,855
1979109,650224,004
1980107,338223,800
1981109,765225,814
1982107,512217,269
1983111,828231,263
1984117,483240,013
1985119,367243,488
1986123,526256,524
1987135,996275,914
1988141,748290,627
1989146,732306,482
1990153,559317,159
1991153,351311,240
1992160,204327,856
1993162,844334,524
1994166,444335,758
1995171,053364,891
1996176,562360,027
1997183,950374,076
1998187,167384,037
1999191,485385,067
2000199,369402,951
2001199,909409,167
2002206,426420,173
2003200,348415,820

Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data. These data, collected atapproximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide, are used to determine the percentchange in traffic for the current month compared to the same month in the previous year. This percentchange is applied to the travel for the same month of the previous year to obtain an estimate of travel forthe current month.



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