U. S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

TRAFFIC VOLUME TRENDS

September 2005

Travel on all roads and streets changed by -0.8 percent for September 2005 as compared with September 2004.
Travel for the month is estimated to be 240.4 billion vehicle miles.
Cumulative Travel for 2005 changed by +0.4 percent.
Cumulative estimate for the year is 2,229.3 billion vehicle miles of travel.

Estimated Vehicle-Miles of Travel by Region - September 2005 - (in Billions)
Change in Traffic as compared to same month last year.

Region	Total Travel	Percentage Change
North-East	37.9	-2.6
South-Atlantic	49.5	1.9
North-Central	54.9	-4.7
South-Gulf	48.0	1.0
West	50.1	0.8

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 2004 Table VM-2 as a base.
Compiled with data on hand as of November 17, 2005.

1. Travel Trends (September 2005)

2. Individual Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. for September 2005

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