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April 2021 Traffic Volume Trends

Table - 4. Changes on Urban Arterial Roads by Region and State**
Region And State April March
Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change
2021 (Preliminary) 2020 2021 (Revised) 2020
Northeast
Connecticut 9 1,565 897 74.4 16 1,621 1,303 24.4
Maine 12 199 125 58.9 18 237 202 17.1
Massachusetts 120 3,145 1,900 65.5 182 3,603 3,098 16.3
New Hampshire 61 517 320 61.7 70 526 458 14.7
New Jersey 34 3,810 2,313 64.8 103 4,253 3,510 21.2
New York 47 5,473 3,444 58.9 66 6,066 5,080 19.4
Pennsylvania 25 3,934 2,350 67.4 35 3,904 3,246 20.3
Rhode Island 21 404 281 43.9 27 395 353 12.1
Vermont 13 103 61 68.1 13 111 99 12.3
Subtotal 19,150 11,691 63.8 20,716 17,349 19.4
South Atlantic
Delaware 7 386 239 61.8 - 425 336 26.6
District of Columbia 2 277 157 75.8 3 250 235 6.5
Florida 95 9,154 5,714 60.2 130 10,551 8,855 19.2
Georgia 113 5,466 3,520 55.3 134 5,395 4,614 16.9
Maryland 27 2,955 1,797 64.5 38 2,989 2,595 15.2
North Carolina 28 3,913 2,495 56.9 37 4,794 4,009 19.6
South Carolina 42 1,996 1,270 57.1 50 2,100 1,824 15.2
Virginia 318 3,532 2,227 58.6 365 3,345 2,955 13.2
West Virginia 13 503 325 54.9 13 651 547 19.0
Subtotal 28,182 17,744 58.8 30,500 25,970 17.4
North Central
Illinois 53 5,264 3,368 56.3 53 4,645 4,029 15.3
Indiana 26 2,591 1,596 62.4 30 2,268 1,915 18.4
Iowa 25 888 597 48.7 29 854 722 18.2
Kansas 15 905 598 51.5 16 917 820 11.8
Michigan 17 3,751 2,213 69.5 52 4,519 3,712 21.7
Minnesota 14 2,234 1,441 55.1 15 2,192 1,971 11.2
Missouri 55 2,382 1,549 53.8 63 2,558 2,130 20.1
Nebraska 16 590 406 45.4 16 608 541 12.5
North Dakota 11 173 115 51.0 11 166 140 18.8
Ohio 93 4,527 2,882 57.1 104 4,537 3,809 19.1
South Dakota 5 236 144 63.8 5 220 168 30.7
Wisconsin 119 2,163 1,404 54.0 123 2,228 1,928 15.6
Subtotal 25,704 16,313 57.6 25,712 21,885 17.5
South Gulf
Alabama 89 2,215 1,437 54.1 103 2,228 1,932 15.3
Arkansas 5 1,147 854 34.4 6 1,437 1,176 22.2
Kentucky 17 1,544 1,015 52.1 19 1,353 1,135 19.2
Louisiana 9 1,852 1,262 46.8 9 1,890 1,709 10.6
Mississippi 17 1,016 656 54.8 12 1,053 872 20.8
Oklahoma 22 1,581 1,069 47.9 21 1,675 1,399 19.7
Tennessee 20 3,378 2,319 45.6 17 3,538 2,956 19.7
Texas 81 12,671 8,414 50.6 84 13,747 11,818 16.3
Subtotal 25,404 17,026 49.2 26,921 22,997 17.1
West
Alaska 36 196 133 47.7 49 171 144 18.5
Arizona 48 3,902 2,550 53.1 52 3,614 3,113 16.1
California 64 19,260 12,531 53.7 105 18,605 15,325 21.4
Colorado 28 2,557 1,623 57.5 36 2,738 2,274 20.4
Hawaii 42 394 249 58.3 53 385 348 10.7
Idaho 72 499 326 53.1 79 499 416 19.8
Montana 14 183 124 47.2 14 186 154 20.8
Nevada 31 1,222 765 59.8 35 1,318 1,037 27.1
New Mexico 20 744 477 56.1 16 720 618 16.5
Oregon 42 1,383 897 54.1 48 1,422 1,183 20.2
Utah - 1,583 1,001 58.2 38 1,561 1,254 24.5
Washington - 2,694 1,759 53.2 64 2,949 2,376 24.1
Wyoming 26 158 116 36.4 24 139 128 8.8
Subtotal 34,775 22,551 54.2 34,307 28,370 20.9
Totals 2,119 133,217 85,323 56.1 2,701 138,157 116,571 18.5

Note: Where Number of Stations are shown as dashes, the values for the Vehicle-Miles and Percent Change are derived from the estimated VMT based on data from surrounding States or the nationwide average VMT.

 

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