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January 2018 Traffic Volume Trends

Individual Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. for January 2018

Table - 1. Estimated Individual Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the United States**
System Month
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2017 Individual Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 17.9 16.6 20.1 21.4 22.3 22.6 24.3 23.6 20.8 21.6 20.4 20.5
Rural Other Arterial 26.5 25.4 30.2 30.8 33.0 33.5 35.5 34.5 31.5 32.9 29.8 30.1
Other Rural 24.8 23.0 27.5 29.0 30.6 30.5 31.8 30.8 28.3 29.5 26.4 26.9
Urban Interstate 43.6 40.0 47.1 47.6 50.0 50.4 48.7 49.2 46.2 48.5 46.7 48.2
Urban Other Arterial 89.9 83.5 97.4 98.1 100.5 97.5 99.8 99.2 92.7 101.0 91.7 96.3
Other Urban 41.9 38.6 45.0 45.9 47.5 46.1 47.3 45.9 43.1 45.4 42.8 44.6
All Systems 244.6 226.9 267.4 272.9 284.0 280.5 287.4 283.2 262.7 279.0 257.7 266.5
2018 Individual Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 18.1
Rural Other Arterial 26.8
Other Rural 24.9
Urban Interstate 44.0
Urban Other Arterial 90.1
Other Urban 41.7
All Systems 245.5
* Percent Change In Individual Monthly Travel 2017 vs. 2018
Rural Interstate 0.6
Rural Other Arterial 1.4
Other Rural 0.4
Urban Interstate 1.0
Urban Other Arterial 0.2
Other Urban -0.6
All Systems 0.4
Table - 2. Estimated Cumulative Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the United States**
System Month
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2017 Cumulative Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 17.9 34.6 54.6 76.1 98.4 121.0 145.3 168.9 189.7 211.3 231.7 252.2
Rural Other Arterial 26.5 51.8 82.1 112.8 145.8 179.3 214.8 249.3 280.8 313.7 343.4 373.5
Other Rural 24.8 47.7 75.2 104.2 134.8 165.3 197.1 227.8 256.1 285.6 312.0 338.8
Urban Interstate 43.6 83.5 130.6 178.2 228.2 278.7 327.4 376.6 422.9 471.4 518.1 566.4
Urban Other Arterial 89.9 173.4 270.8 369.0 469.5 567.0 666.8 765.9 858.7 959.6 1051.3 1147.6
Other Urban 41.9 80.5 125.5 171.4 218.9 265.0 312.3 358.2 401.3 446.8 489.6 534.2
All Systems 244.6 471.5 738.9 1011.8 1295.7 1576.3 1863.6 2146.8 2409.5 2688.4 2946.1 3212.7
2018 Cumulative Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 18.1
Rural Other Arterial 26.8
Other Rural 24.9
Urban Interstate 44.0
Urban Other Arterial 90.1
Other Urban 41.7
All Systems 245.5
* Percent Change In Cumulative Monthly Travel 2017 vs. 2018
Rural Interstate 0.6
Rural Other Arterial 1.4
Other Rural 0.4
Urban Interstate 1.0
Urban Other Arterial 0.2
Other Urban -0.6
All Systems 0.4

* Percent change is based on vehicle travel in millions of miles.

 

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