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May 2021 Traffic Volume Trends

Table - 4. Changes on Urban Arterial Roads by Region and State**
Region And State May April
Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change
2021 (Preliminary) 2020 2021 (Revised) 2020
Northeast
Connecticut 19 1,911 1,310 45.9 9 1,565 897 74.4
Maine 22 252 178 41.7 12 199 125 58.9
Massachusetts 189 3,830 2,690 42.4 120 3,145 1,900 65.5
New Hampshire 68 545 402 35.6 61 517 320 61.7
New Jersey 61 4,486 2,945 52.3 59 3,926 2,313 69.8
New York 60 6,377 4,577 39.3 47 5,473 3,444 58.9
Pennsylvania 29 4,199 3,174 32.3 25 3,934 2,350 67.4
Rhode Island 22 486 374 29.8 21 404 281 43.9
Vermont 14 118 86 37.4 13 103 61 68.1
Subtotal 22,204 15,736 41.1 19,266 11,691 64.8
South Atlantic
Delaware 16 455 301 51.2 7 386 239 61.8
District of Columbia 3 209 151 38.5 2 277 157 75.8
Florida 130 10,241 7,753 32.1 95 9,154 5,714 60.2
Georgia 132 5,740 4,535 26.6 113 5,466 3,520 55.3
Maryland 39 3,350 2,425 38.1 27 2,955 1,797 64.5
North Carolina 37 4,665 3,480 34.1 28 3,913 2,495 56.9
South Carolina 50 2,051 1,648 24.5 42 1,996 1,270 57.1
Virginia 359 3,646 2,743 32.9 318 3,532 2,227 58.6
West Virginia 12 502 404 24.1 13 503 325 54.9
Subtotal 30,859 23,440 31.7 28,182 17,744 58.8
North Central
Illinois 51 5,081 3,813 33.3 53 5,264 3,368 56.3
Indiana 29 2,624 2,048 28.1 26 2,591 1,596 62.4
Iowa 26 923 726 27.1 25 888 597 48.7
Kansas 17 893 728 22.6 15 905 598 51.5
Michigan 49 4,392 3,053 43.8 17 3,751 2,213 69.5
Minnesota 12 2,445 1,881 30.0 14 2,234 1,441 55.1
Missouri 63 2,642 2,088 26.6 55 2,382 1,549 53.8
Nebraska 16 598 469 27.4 16 590 406 45.4
North Dakota 10 149 122 22.4 11 173 115 51.0
Ohio 101 4,889 3,860 26.7 93 4,527 2,882 57.1
South Dakota 4 233 171 36.4 5 236 144 63.8
Wisconsin 117 2,153 1,680 28.2 119 2,163 1,404 54.0
Subtotal 27,022 20,639 30.9 25,704 16,313 57.6
South Gulf
Alabama 102 2,255 1,882 19.8 89 2,215 1,437 54.1
Arkansas 7 1,389 1,158 19.9 5 1,147 854 34.4
Kentucky 20 1,381 1,086 27.1 17 1,544 1,015 52.1
Louisiana 11 1,823 1,535 18.8 9 1,852 1,262 46.8
Mississippi 9 1,044 800 30.5 17 1,016 656 54.8
Oklahoma 22 1,490 1,279 16.5 22 1,581 1,069 47.9
Tennessee 22 3,723 3,147 18.3 20 3,378 2,319 45.6
Texas 72 13,549 11,056 22.6 81 12,671 8,414 50.6
Subtotal 26,654 21,943 21.5 25,404 17,026 49.2
West
Alaska 53 216 179 20.4 36 196 133 47.7
Arizona 65 3,907 3,127 24.9 48 3,902 2,550 53.1
California 92 18,761 14,349 30.7 84 19,560 12,531 56.1
Colorado 34 2,536 1,996 27.0 28 2,557 1,623 57.5
Hawaii 49 296 213 38.9 42 394 249 58.3
Idaho 78 504 411 22.7 72 499 326 53.1
Montana 13 202 178 13.6 14 183 124 47.2
Nevada 32 1,293 973 32.9 31 1,222 765 59.8
New Mexico 19 751 564 33.1 20 744 477 56.1
Oregon 47 1,431 1,099 30.2 42 1,383 897 54.1
Utah - 1,529 1,175 30.1 - 1,583 1,001 58.2
Washington - 3,316 2,410 37.6 - 2,694 1,759 53.2
Wyoming 26 162 142 14.1 26 158 116 36.4
Subtotal 34,904 26,816 30.2 35,075 22,551 55.5
Totals 2,530 141,642 108,575 30.5 2,164 133,633 85,323 56.6

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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