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Highway Statistics 2009

Vehicle Registrations, Fuel Consumption, and Vehicle Miles of Travel as Indices Line graph

Year	Vehicle Miles of Travel	Motor Fuel Consumption	Vehicle Registrations	Gallons per Vehicle
1960	0.37	0.45	0.41	1.1
1961	0.38	0.47	0.42	1.1
1962	0.4	0.48	0.44	1.09
1963	0.42	0.51	0.46	1.09
1964	0.44	0.53	0.48	1.1
1965	0.46	0.56	0.51	1.1
1966	0.48	0.59	0.53	1.11
1967	0.5	0.61	0.54	1.13
1968	0.53	0.65	0.56	1.15
1969	0.55	0.69	0.59	1.18
1970	0.58	0.72	0.61	1.19
1971	0.61	0.76	0.63	1.21
1972	0.66	0.82	0.66	1.24
1973	0.68	0.87	0.7	1.23
1974	0.67	0.83	0.73	1.15
1975	0.69	0.85	0.74	1.15
1976	0.73	0.91	0.77	1.17
1977	0.76	0.94	0.79	1.18
1978	0.8	0.98	0.83	1.18
1979	0.8	0.96	0.85	1.13
1980	0.79	0.9	0.87	1.04
1981	0.81	0.9	0.88	1.01
1982	0.83	0.89	0.89	1
1983	0.86	0.91	0.92	0.99
1984	0.9	0.93	0.93	1
1985	0.92	0.95	0.96	0.99
1986	0.96	0.98	0.98	1
1987	1	1	1	1
1988	1.05	1.02	1.03	0.99
1989	1.09	1.03	1.05	0.99
1990	1.12	1.03	1.06	0.97
1991	1.13	1.01	1.05	0.96
1992	1.17	1.04	1.06	0.98
1993	1.2	1.08	1.08	0.99
1994	1.23	1.1	1.11	1
1995	1.26	1.12	1.13	1
1996	1.29	1.15	1.15	1
1997	1.33	1.18	1.16	1.02
1998	1.37	1.22	1.18	1.03
1999	1.4	1.27	1.21	1.05
2000	1.43	1.27	1.24	1.03
2001	1.46	1.28	1.29	1
2002	1.49	1.32	1.28	1.03
2003	1.5	1.33	1.29	1.03
2004	1.54	1.36	1.33	1.03
2005	1.56	1.36	1.35	1.01
2006	1.57	1.37	1.36	1.01
2007	1.58	1.38	1.38	1
2008	1.55	1.34	1.39	0.97
2009	1.55	1.32	1.38	0.96