BTS | Table 1-33: Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional Class

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Table 1-33: 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	2001	2002
Urban VMT, total (millions)	855,265	1,044,098	1,275,484	1,288,497	1,363,054	1,409,672	1,449,247	1,489,534	1,523,886	1,552,956	1,595,620	1,627,618	(R) 1,663,773	1,676,379	1,727,596
Interstate	161,242	216,188	278,901	285,325	303,265	317,399	330,577	341,528	351,579	361,433	374,622	383,259	(R) 393,465	399,890	408,618
Other arterials^a	484,189	578,270	699,233	707,518	745,618	773,978	797,899	815,170	834,623	846,627	862,996	878,153	(R) 900,392	913,726	937,357
Collector	83,043	89,578	106,297	107,281	116,065	117,887	120,088	126,929	129,310	130,146	131,905	131,603	(R) 135,372	137,922	141,874
Local	126,791	160,062	191,053	188,373	198,106	200,408	200,683	205,907	208,374	214,750	226,097	234,603	(R) 234,544	224,841	239,747
Rural VMT, total (millions)	672,030	730,728	868,878	883,553	884,097	886,706	908,341	933,289	960,194	999,277	1,032,528	1,062,623	(R) 1,083,152	1,105,083	1,128,160
Interstate	135,084	154,357	200,173	205,011	205,557	208,308	215,568	223,382	232,565	240,255	251,520	260,166	(R) 268,180	274,024	279,962
Other arterials^a	262,774	282,803	330,866	334,755	344,062	349,567	357,329	368,595	378,847	392,057	403,484	413,320	(R) 420,599	426,945	433,805
Collector^b	189,468	206,669	240,460	245,630	234,910	226,296	230,529	236,148	241,030	254,100	257,868	264,453	(R) 267,231	270,962	275,007
Local	84,704	86,899	97,379	98,157	99,568	102,535	104,915	105,164	107,752	112,865	119,656	124,684	(R) 127,142	133,152	139,386
Urban VMT per lane-mile, total (thousands)	613	677	764	766	775	782	794	810	820	825	844	858	869	852	861
Interstate	3,327	3,773	4,483	4,542	4,508	4,588	4,667	4,784	4,897	5,002	5,131	5,229	(R) 5,323	5,370	5,440
Other arterials^a	1,451	1,556	1,751	1,758	1,783	1,778	1,803	1,829	1,857	1,866	1,901	1,950	(R) 1,974	1,997	2,025
Collector	572	552	634	649	659	656	655	686	692	689	703	706	718	728	743
Local	146	168	184	179	181	179	178	181	181	184	192	198	(R) 196	181	188
Rural VMT per lane-mile, total (thousands)	103	113	136	138	139	140	144	148	152	157	165	169	172	176	179
Interstate	1,031	1,170	1,473	1,502	1,540	1,576	1,642	1,693	1,749	1,804	1,888	1,939	(R) 1,993	2,035	2,080
Other arterials^a	518	555	640	646	653	665	674	695	711	730	750	766	(R) 778	787	797
Collector^b	132	141	164	167	163	158	161	167	170	179	182	187	189	192	195
Local	19	20	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	26	29	30	30	32	33

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.

^bCollector 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.

1995-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-2 and VM-2A.

Lane-miles:

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

1996-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60.

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