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August 2020 Traffic Volume Trends

Estimated Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. for August 2020

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
2019 Individual Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 18.7 16.8 20.9 22.0 23.1 23.0 25.4 24.2 21.4 22.4 20.5 21.7
Rural Other Arterial 27.6 25.7 31.0 32.3 33.6 33.8 36.7 35.2 32.8 33.9 30.3 31.2
Other Rural 25.1 22.8 28.0 30.0 30.7 30.5 32.7 31.4 29.2 30.3 26.8 27.5
Urban Interstate 43.9 39.8 48.1 48.9 50.3 50.5 49.9 49.8 47.9 49.3 47.1 49.7
Urban Other Arterial 90.4 83.0 97.8 100.6 100.5 97.4 102.5 99.9 95.8 101.8 92.5 98.3
Other Urban 42.5 38.6 45.7 47.6 47.8 45.8 48.4 46.1 44.5 46.1 43.3 45.7
All Systems 248.2 226.7 271.5 281.4 286.0 280.9 295.6 286.5 271.7 284.0 260.5 274.1
2020 Individual Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 19.2 17.4 16.8 12.2 16.9 19.5 22.2 21.4
Rural Other Arterial 28.3 26.4 25.8 20.4 26.4 30.6 33.5 31.8
Other Rural 25.6 23.3 23.5 20.0 24.6 27.9 30.5 28.7
Urban Interstate 44.9 40.9 37.8 26.9 35.0 41.8 42.5 41.8
Urban Other Arterial 92.0 84.5 78.5 59.5 73.7 83.8 90.4 87.2
Other Urban 43.6 39.5 37.6 29.4 36.1 40.3 43.2 40.4
All Systems 253.6 232.0 220.0 168.5 212.8 243.9 262.4 251.3
* Percent Change In Individual Monthly Travel 2019 vs. 2020
Rural Interstate 2.8 3.2 -19.9 -44.7 -26.9 -15.2 -12.6 -11.4
Rural Other Arterial 2.7 3.0 -16.8 -36.7 -21.4 -9.5 -8.5 -9.6
Other Rural 2.0 2.4 -15.8 -33.3 -19.6 -8.3 -6.8 -8.5
Urban Interstate 2.1 2.6 -21.4 -44.9 -30.6 -17.4 -14.8 -16.0
Urban Other Arterial 1.8 1.8 -19.7 -40.8 -26.6 -13.9 -11.8 -12.7
Other Urban 2.5 2.1 -17.7 -38.3 -24.4 -12.0 -10.7 -12.6
All Systems 2.2 2.3 -18.9 -40.1 -25.6 -13.2 -11.2 -12.3
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
2019 Cumulative Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 18.7 35.5 56.5 78.5 101.6 124.6 150.0 174.1 195.6 218.0 238.4 260.1
Rural Other Arterial 27.6 53.2 84.3 116.5 150.2 184.0 220.7 255.9 288.7 322.7 353.0 384.2
Other Rural 25.1 47.8 75.8 105.8 136.5 167.0 199.7 231.1 260.3 290.6 317.4 344.9
Urban Interstate 43.9 83.8 131.9 180.7 231.1 281.6 331.5 381.3 429.2 478.5 525.6 575.2
Urban Other Arterial 90.4 173.4 271.2 371.8 472.3 569.6 672.1 772.0 867.8 969.6 1062.1 1160.4
Other Urban 42.5 81.2 126.8 174.4 222.2 268.0 316.4 362.5 407.0 453.2 496.5 542.2
All Systems 248.2 474.9 746.4 1027.8 1313.8 1594.8 1890.4 2176.9 2448.6 2732.5 2993.0 3267.1
2020 Cumulative Monthly Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Billions
Rural Interstate 19.2 36.6 53.4 65.6 82.5 101.9 124.1 145.5
Rural Other Arterial 28.3 54.8 80.6 101.0 127.4 158.1 191.6 223.4
Other Rural 25.6 48.9 72.4 92.4 117.1 145.0 175.5 204.2
Urban Interstate 44.9 85.8 123.6 150.5 185.4 227.2 269.7 311.5
Urban Other Arterial 92.0 176.6 255.1 314.6 388.4 472.2 562.6 649.8
Other Urban 43.6 83.0 120.6 150.0 186.1 226.4 269.6 310.0
All Systems 253.6 485.6 705.6 874.1 1086.9 1330.8 1593.1 1844.4
* Percent Change In Cumulative Monthly Travel 2019 vs. 2020
Rural Interstate 2.8 3.0 -5.5 -16.5 -18.9 -18.2 -17.3 -16.4
Rural Other Arterial 2.7 2.8 -4.4 -13.3 -15.1 -14.1 -13.2 -12.7
Other Rural 2.0 2.2 -4.5 -12.7 -14.2 -13.1 -12.1 -11.6
Urban Interstate 2.1 2.4 -6.3 -16.7 -19.8 -19.3 -18.6 -18.3
Urban Other Arterial 1.8 1.8 -5.9 -15.4 -17.8 -17.1 -16.3 -15.8
Other Urban 2.5 2.3 -4.9 -14.0 -16.3 -15.5 -14.8 -14.5
All Systems 2.2 2.2 -5.5 -15.0 -17.3 -16.6 -15.7 -15.3

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

 

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