BTS | Table 1-33M: Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometers by Functional Class

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Table 1-33M: Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometers by Functional Class

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Urban VKT, total (millions)	1,376,416	1,680,313	2,052,693	2,073,635	2,193,623	2,268,647	2,332,337	2,397,173	2,452,457	2,499,240	2,567,901	2,619,397	2,677,583	2,697,870	2,780,296	2,905,683	3,045,305	3,141,230	3,181,749
Interstate	259,494	347,921	448,848	459,186	488,058	510,804	532,012	549,636	565,812	581,670	602,896	616,796	633,221	643,561	657,607	696,255	731,262	754,895	768,113
Other arterials^a	779,227	930,635	1,125,306	1,138,640	1,199,956	1,245,597	1,284,094	1,311,889	1,343,196	1,362,514	1,388,857	1,413,250	1,449,040	1,470,499	1,508,530	1,567,398	1,641,674	1,686,945	1,706,062
Collector	133,645	144,162	171,068	172,652	186,789	189,721	193,263	204,272	208,104	209,450	212,281	211,794	217,860	221,964	228,324	247,438	260,888	270,431	278,754
Local	204,050	257,595	307,470	303,157	318,821	322,525	322,968	331,375	335,345	345,607	363,868	377,557	377,462	361,847	385,835	394,592	411,482	428,959	428,819
Rural VKT, total (millions)	1,081,527	1,175,993	1,398,324	1,421,941	1,422,816	1,427,015	1,461,833	1,501,983	1,545,282	1,608,180	1,661,693	1,710,126	1,743,164	1,778,459	1,815,598	1,746,758	1,722,397	1,670,398	1,669,001
Interstate	217,397	248,414	322,147	329,933	330,812	335,239	346,923	359,498	374,277	386,653	404,782	418,697	431,594	440,999	450,555	434,434	429,688	416,482	415,071
Other arterials^a	422,894	455,127	532,477	538,736	553,714	562,574	575,065	593,196	609,695	630,955	649,345	665,174	676,888	687,101	698,141	670,446	659,741	642,019	634,885
Collector^b	304,919	332,602	386,983	395,303	378,051	364,188	371,000	380,043	387,900	408,934	414,998	425,596	430,067	436,071	442,581	424,323	419,928	404,890	404,549
Local	136,318	139,850	156,716	157,968	160,239	165,014	168,844	169,245	173,410	181,639	192,568	200,659	204,615	214,287	224,320	217,554	213,040	207,007	214,497
Urban VKT per lane-kilometer, total (thousands)	987	1,089	1,229	1,233	1,247	1,259	1,278	1,304	1,320	1,327	1,358	1,382	1,398	1,372	1,386	1,378	1,385	1,388	1,378
Interstate	5,355	6,072	7,215	7,310	7,255	7,384	7,511	7,699	7,881	8,050	8,258	8,415	8,567	8,643	8,756	8,748	8,818	8,779	8,734
Other arterials^a	2,335	2,504	2,818	2,829	2,869	2,861	2,902	2,943	2,988	3,004	3,059	3,138	3,176	3,214	3,259	3,237	3,249	3,220	3,201
Collector	921	888	1,020	1,044	1,061	1,056	1,054	1,104	1,113	1,109	1,132	1,137	1,155	1,171	1,196	1,193	1,199	1,199	1,236
Local	235	271	295	288	291	288	286	291	292	296	309	318	315	291	302	295	295	300	295
Rural VKT per lane-kilometer, total (thousands)	166	182	219	222	224	225	232	238	244	253	265	272	276	283	289	281	281	273	273
Interstate	1,660	1,883	2,371	2,417	2,478	2,536	2,643	2,725	2,815	2,904	3,038	3,120	3,207	3,275	3,348	3,332	3,360	3,317	3,337
Other arterials^a	834	892	1,029	1,040	1,051	1,070	1,085	1,118	1,144	1,175	1,207	1,233	1,252	1,267	1,283	1,255	1,240	1,212	1,198
Collector^b	213	227	264	269	262	254	259	268	274	288	293	301	304	308	314	306	304	295	296
Local	31	32	37	37	37	39	40	40	41	43	46	48	48	51	53	52	52	51	52

^a For urban: the sum of other freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials.
For rural: the sum of other principal arterials and minor arterials.

^b Collector is the sum of major and minor collectors (rural only).

NOTE

See table 1-6 for estimated highway lane-miles by functional class.

1 Mile=1.609344 Kilometers

SOURCES

1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-202.

1995-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-2, Internet site www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Jan. 4, 2008.

Lane-miles:

1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Information Management, unpublished data, 1997, table HM-260.

1996-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60, Internet site www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Jan. 4, 2008.