U. S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

TRAFFIC VOLUME TRENDS

May 2004

Travel on all roads and streets changed by -0.1 percent for May 2004 as compared with May 2003.
Travel for the month is estimated to be 252.9 billion vehicle miles.
Cumulative Travel for 2004 changed by 2.3 percent.
Cumulative estimate for the year is 1,172.4 billion vehicle miles of travel.

Estimated Vehicle-Miles of Travel by Region - May 2004 - (in Billions)
Change in Traffic as compared to same month last year.

Region	Total Travel	Percentage Change
North-East	37.8	-1.9
South-Atlantic	52.2	0.1
North-Central	59.0	-1.4
South-Gulf	48.2	-0.1
West	55.7	2.4

Note:
All data for this month are preliminary. Revised values for the previous month are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
All vehicle-miles of travel computed with 2002 Table VM-2 as a base.
Compiled with data on hand as of July 28,2004.

1. Travel Trends (May 2004)

2. Individual Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. for May 2004

3. Changes on Rural Arterial Roads by Region and State

4. Changes on Urban Arterial Roads by Region and State

5. Changes on All Estimated Roads by Region and State

6. Volume Trends - Rural

7. Volume Trends - Urban

8. Figure 1 - Moving 12-Month Total on All Highways

9. Figure 2 - Travel on U.S. Highways By Month