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Traffic Volume Trends - July 2004

Based on preliminary reports from the State Highway Agencies, travel during July 2004 on all roads and streets in the nation changed by +0.5 percent resulting in estimated travel for the month at 262.1 ** billion vehicle-miles.

This total includes 110.1 billion vehicle-miles on rural roads and 152.1 billion vehicle-miles on urban roads and streets.

Cumulative Travel changed by 1.8 percent.

Travel for the current month, the cumulative yearly total, as well as the moving 12-month total on all roads and streets is shown below.

Travel in Millions
All Roads and Streets

Year July Year to Date Moving 12-Month
1979 134,853 883,389 1,545,451,070
1980 136,250 873,876 1,519,618,684
1981 141,253 893,180 1,540,160,655
1982 152,200 909,890 1,566,979,167
1983 156,823 944,000 1,626,590,725
1984 161,702 984,798 1,689,905,635
1985 166,881 1,017,858 1,749,829,961
1986 171,114 1,051,927 1,808,832,345
1987 175,783 1,104,674 1,890,987,134
1988 184,779 1,166,778 1,986,431,237
1989 190,985 1,215,695 2,074,503,237
1990 195,470 1,249,210 2,140,555,150
1991 198,387 1,253,637 2,151,927,590
1992 206,616 1,298,275 2,216,852,551
1993 209,838 1,326,364 2,275,240,200
1994 214,778 1,356,007 2,326,348,234
1995 217,188 1,405,475 2,407,055,181
1996 225,109 1,428,788 2,446,088,052
1997 236,713 1,482,368 2,535,781,603
1998 239,944 1,512,756 2,590,760,415
1999 243,116 1,536,698 2,649,304,818
2000 245,083 1,594,038 2,736,799,506
2001 250,158 1,615,545 2,768,431,563
2002 256,065 1,653,766 2,835,508,070
2003 260,933 1,659,224 2,862,688,066
2004 262,129 1,688,318 2,908,367,469

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


July 2004 Traffic Volume Trends
 

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