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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the U.S.

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Thousand Miles 1.857631 1.939041 2.041441 2.117716 2.141582 2.18883 2.25382 2.297939 2.38672 2.417911 2.496251 2.570334 2.626392 2.697095 2.754784 2.808501 2.854268 2.90417 2.972672 2.999419 3.01336 3.033301 2.964202 2.944963 2.968949 2.93802
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Notes: VMT counts include those of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles.
This chart shows trends in total vehicle miles traveled in the United States (expressed as a moving 12-month count) from 1987 through 2012. The long rise in the number of vehicle miles traveled, which began in 1979, finally reversed in 2008 due to the oil price spike that year.