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Travel Trends (February 2011)

Based on preliminary reports from the State Highway Agencies, travel during February 2011 on all roads and streets in the nation changed by 0.9 percent (2.0 billion vehicle miles) resulting in estimated travel for the month at 214.8** billion vehicle-miles.

This total includes 67.9 billion vehicle-miles on rural roads and 147.0 billion vehicle-miles on urban roads and streets.

Cumulative Travel changed by 0.6 percent (2.8 billion vehicle miles).

The larger changes to rural and urban travel are primarily because of the expansion in urban boundaries reflected in the 2000 census. Travel estimates for 2004 and beyond will also reflect this adjustment.

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. Similar totals for each year since 1986 are also included.

Travel in Millions of Vehicle Miles All Roads and Streets
Year	February	Year to Date	Moving 12-Month
1986	123,526	256,524	1,787,798
1987	135,996	275,914	1,857,631
1988	141,748	290,627	1,939,041
1989	146,732	306,482	2,041,441
1990	153,559	317,159	2,117,716
1991	153,351	311,240	2,141,582
1992	160,204	327,856	2,188,830
1993	162,844	334,524	2,253,820
1994	166,444	335,758	2,297,939
1995	171,053	364,891	2,386,720
1996	176,562	360,027	2,417,911
1997	183,950	374,076	2,496,251
1998	187,167	384,037	2,570,334
1999	191,485	385,067	2,626,392
2000	199,307	402,797	2,697,189
2001	201,009	411,043	2,755,770
2002	208,157	423,680	2,808,247
2003	203,777	422,527	2,854,356
2004	213,270	436,008	2,903,703
2005	219,584	444,023	2,972,804
2006	220,299	453,960	2,999,366
2007	218,690	452,864	3,013,276
2008	221,174	455,056	3,033,316
2009	219,176	446,014	2,967,486
2010	212,849	435,800	2,967,381
2011	214,820	438,559	3,002,599

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. Because of the limited sample sizes, caution should be used with theses estimates. The highway Performance Monitoring System provides more accurate information on an anual basis.

** System entries may not add up to the give "All Systems" total due to rounding on pages 2 to 8.

February 2011 Traffic Volume Trends

Travel Trends (February 2011)