BTS | Table 1-30: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class

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Table 1-30: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
VMT (millions)
Urban
Interstate	161,242	216,188	278,901	285,325	303,265	317,399	330,577	^R341,528	351,579	361,401	374,622	383,103	393,420
Other arterials^a	484,189	578,270	699,233	707,518	745,618	773,978	797,899	^R815,170	834,623	846,659	862,994	877,796	899,794
Collector	83,043	89,578	106,297	107,281	116,065	117,887	120,088	^R126,929	129,310	130,143	131,919	131,549	135,316
Local	126,791	160,062	191,053	188,373	198,106	200,408	200,683	205,907	208,374	222,142	228,530	234,507	235,634
Total	855,265	1,044,098	1,275,484	1,288,497	1,363,054	1,409,672	1,449,247	^R1,489,534	1,523,886	1,560,345	1,598,065	1,626,955	1,664,164
Rural
Interstate	135,084	154,357	200,173	205,011	205,557	208,308	215,568	223,382	232,565	240,255	251,520	260,060	268,850
Other arterials^a	262,774	282,803	330,866	334,755	344,062	349,567	357,329	368,595	378,847	392,058	403,484	413,152	420,398
Collector^b	189,468	206,669	240,460	245,630	234,910	226,296	230,529	236,148	241,030	254,364	257,858	264,345	267,412
Local	84,704	86,899	97,379	98,157	99,568	102,535	104,915	105,164	107,752	114,673	120,595	125,875	127,859
Total	672,030	730,728	868,878	883,553	884,097	886,706	908,341	933,289	960,194	1,001,350	1,033,457	1,063,432	1,084,519
VMT per lane-mile (thousands)
Urban
Interstate	3,327	3,773	4,483	4,542	4,508	4,588	4,667	^R4,784	4,897	^R5,002	^R5,131	5,229	5,325
Other arterials^a	1,451	1,556	1,751	1,758	1,783	1,778	1,803	^R1,829	1,857	^R1,866	^R1,901	1,950	1,977
Collector	572	552	634	649	659	656	655	686	692	^R689	^R703	706	718
Local	146	168	184	179	181	179	178	181	181	^R190	^R194	198	197
Total	613	677	764	766	775	782	794	^R810	820	^R829	^R845	858	869
Rural
Interstate	1,031	1,170	1,473	1,502	1,540	1,576	1,642	1,693	1,749	1,804	^R1,888	1,939	1,998
Other arterials^a	518	555	640	646	653	665	674	695	^R711	^R730	^R750	766	779
Collector^b	132	141	164	167	163	158	161	167	170	179	182	187	189
Local	19	20	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	27	29	30	30
Total	103	113	136	138	139	140	144	148	^R152	157	^R165	169	172

KEY: R = revised.

^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.

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.

1995-1998, 2000: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables VM-2 and VM-2A.

1999: Ibid., personal communication, June 5, 2002.

Lane-miles:

1980-95: Ibid., Office of Highway Information Management, unpublished data, 1997, table HM-260.

1996-1998, 2000: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60.

1999: Ibid., personal communication, June 5, 2002.