Highway Finance Data Collection

Our Nation's Highways: 2011

 

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At A Glance

12,931 highway projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Over 164,000 miles in the National Highway System

16.1 billion tons of freight worth $14.9 trillion

3 trillion vehicle miles traveled in 2009

246 million registered vehicles

210 million licensed drivers, 685 drivers for every 1,000 residents

392 billion person-trips

172 billion gallons of fuel consumed by vehicles

$30.1 billion in receipts collected by the Highway Trust Fund ($1.2 billion less than in 2008)

$29.8 billion in state and local toll revenues collected

1.15 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled – an historical low

Foreword

A Renewed Focus on Infrastructure

• Figure A-1: Funds Obligated by State Agencies
• Figure A-2: Total Number of Highway Projects Funded
• Figure A-3: Cumulative Hours of Work on Highway Projects Funded by the Recovery Act
• Figure A-4: Types of Recovery Act Highway Projects
• Figure A-5: Map of Recovery Act Highway Project Locations

1. Highway Infrastructure

• Figure 1-1: Hierarchy of Our Highway System
• Figure 1-2: Access and Mobility
• Figure 1-3: National Highway System
• Figure 1-4: Public Road Miles: 1980-2008
• Figure 1-5: Public Road Centerline and Lane-Miles: 1923-2009
• Figure 1-6: Public Road Bridges: 1992-2010
• Figure 1-7: Toll Road, Bridges, and Tunnels Centerline Miles by State: 2009

2. Highway Travel

• Figure 2-1: Passenger Travel Modes by Number of Trips
• Figure 2-2: Freight Mode Share by Weight and Value: 2009
• Figure 2-3: Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled on Rural and Urban Public Roads: 1980-2009
• Figure 2-4: Vehicle Miles Traveled on Public Roads by Vehicle Type: 2000-2009

3. Vehicles

• Figure 3-1: Registered Vehicles: 1970-2009
• Figure 3-2: Vehicle Registrations Change from Previous Year: 2006/2007; 2007/2008; 2008/2009
• Figure 3-3: Private and Commercial Vehicles Per Capita by State: 2009
• Figure 3-4: Age of Household Vehicles

4. Drivers

• Figure 4-1: Number of Licensed Drivers by Gender: 1970-2009
• Figure 4-2: Licensed Drivers per 1,000 Residents by State: 2009
• Figure 4-3: Licensed Drivers by Age and Gender: 2009
• Figure 4-4: Licensed Drivers by Age as a Percentage of Population for Age Groups: 1990; 2000; 2009
• Figure 4-5: Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled per Licensed Driver: 1970–2009
• Figure 4-6: Vehicle Trips and Mileage by Trip Length
• Figure 4-7: Trip Start Times by Purpose: Weekday and Weekend
  • Weekday
  • Weekend
• Figure 4-8: Hourly Traffic Distributions: Rural and Urban Interstates
• Figure 4-9: Daily Traffic Distributions: Rural and Urban Interstates
• Figure 4-10: Monthly Traffic Distributions: Rural and Urban Interstates

5. Motor Fuel

• Figure 5-1: Highway Fuel Usage Trend: 1970–2009
• Figure 5-2: Highway Fuel Usage Change from Previous Year: 2006/2007; 2007/2008; 2008/2009
• Figure 5-3: Fuel Consumption by State and Type: 2009

6. Funding And Expenditures

• Table 6-1: Federal Highway User Fees
• Figure 6-1: Ratio of Relative Trust Apportionments / Allocations to Relative Trust Fund Payments: 2009
• Figure 6-2: Highway Trust Fund Receipts: 1970-2009
• Figure 6-3: Highway Funding and Expenditures by Local, State, and Federal Government: 1970–2008
• Figure 6-4: State Disbursements for Highways by Type: 2009
• Figure 6-5: State Disbursements for Highways by Type as Percentage of Total: 2009
• Figure 6-6: Toll Facility Revenue: 1993-2008
• Figure 6-7: Highway Construction Price Trends and Consumer Price Index: 2003-2010

7. Condition, Performance And Safety

• Figure 7-1: Pavement Surface Smoothness by State: 2009
• Figure 7-2: Bridge Conditions: 1991-2010
• Figure 7-3: Highway Fatality Rates: 1980-2009

Publication FHWA-PL-10-023 May 2010

See also:

• Our Nation's Highways: 2010
• Our Nation's Highways: 2008
• Our Nation's Highways: 2000