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Rhode Island – State Statistical Abstracts 2011 – Office of Highway Policy Information – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

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Rhode Island

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 1,051,302   0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 1,045   0.0%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 376,115 85.9% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 61,909 14.1% 0.2%
Total Fuel 438,024 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 365,477 97.5% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 9,188 2.5% 0.2%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural                 1,225 18.9% 0.0%
Urban               5,260 81.1% 0.5%
Total 6,485 100.0% 0.2%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % D ist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 71 1.1% 0.2%
Other Freeways & Expressways 88 1.4% 0.6%
Other Principal Arterials 409 6.3% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 422 6.5% 0.2%
Major Collector 760 11.7% 0.1%
Minor Collector 127 2.0% 0.0%
Local 4609 71.1% 0.2%
Total 6,486 28.9% 0.2%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
State Highway Agencies      
County      
Town/Townships      
Other Jurisdictions      
Federal      
Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 393 2.9% 0.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 352 2.6% 0.5%
Other Principal Arterials 1,068 7.8% 0.2%
Minor Arterial 866 6.3% 0.2%
Major Collector 1,524 11.1% 0.1%
Minor Collector 253 1.9% 0.0%
Local 9217 67.4% 0.2%
Total 13,673 100.0% 0.2%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 879 11.1% 0.1%
Urban 7,022 88.9% 0.4%
Total 7,901 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 2,140 27.1% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,193 15.1% 0.5%
Other Principal Arterial 2,161 27.3% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 1,109 14.0% 0.2%
Major Collector 956 12.1% 0.3%
Minor Collector 36 0.5% 0.1%
Local 307 3.9% 0.1%
Total 7,902 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 367,444 49.01% 0.35%
Female 382,262 50.99% 0.36%
Total 749,706 100.00% 0.35%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.32 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.32
Gasohol $0.32

NOTE: Tax rates do not include Federal gas tax of 18.4 cents or diesel of 24.4 cents

Vehicle Registrations (MV-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Autos 527,589 57.42% 0.42%
Buses 2,027 0.22% 0.30%
Trucks 356,122 38.76% 0.30%
Total 885,738    
Motorcycles 33,085 3.60% 0.39%
Grand Total 918,823 100.00% 0.36%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 7 10.61% 0.04%
Urban 59 89.39% 0.41%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 66 100% 0.20%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts     0.00%
Disbursements     0.00%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $22,456 5.43% 0.04%
General Fund Appropriations $33,057 8.00% 0.53%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $74,493 18.03% 0.87%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $283,171 68.54% 0.70%
Local payments $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $413,177 100.00% 0.27%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $246,654 0.5134453 0.34%
Maintenance and Services $88,782 0.1848123 0.42%
Administration and Misc. $39,719 0.0826807 0.46%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $32,993 0.0686796 0.37%
Interest $43,389 0.0903204 0.58%
Bond Retirement $28,853 0.0600616 0.24%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $0 0 0.00%
Total $480,390 48.66% 0.32%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $78,574 85.93% 0.25%
Mass Transit Account $12,863 14.07% 0.26%
Total $91,437 100.00% 0.25%

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