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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the U.S.
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Average Commute to Work by State (Shortest and Longest)
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Average Fuel Economy of Major Vehicle Categories
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Average Vehicle Trip Length by Purpose
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Means of Transportation to Work
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Monthly Fluctuation in U.S. Vehicle Miles Traveled
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Share of All Vehicle Trips by Trip Length
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U.S. Light-Duty Fuel Consumption and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the U.S.
1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 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 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
Trillion Miles | 1.128168 | 1.200898 | 1.276857 | 1.300512 | 1.297834 | 1.341416 | 1.413035 | 1.475402 | 1.55536 | 1.528928 | 1.52287 | 1.541724 | 1.606475 | 1.657857 | 1.720246 | 1.787798 | 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 | 2.945037 | 2.972089 | 2.955092 | 2.968797 | 2.984728 | 3.055252 | 3.172334 |
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Notes: VMT counts include those of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles.
*12-month VMT counts aggregated in February of any given year.
Travel Trends page on any month has moving 12 month average
This chart shows trends in total vehicle miles traveled in the United States (expressed as a moving 12-month count) from 1971 through 2016. The long rise in the number of vehicle miles traveled has seen three periods of flattened growth or decline, triggered by the oil price spikes of 1974, 1979, and 2008. The VMT flattening that started in 2008 continued long after oil prices recovered, largely due to an economic recession. However, VMT rose substantially again in 2015 and 2016 largely because the U.S. economy recovered from the recession and petroleum prices remained low. 2016 experienced the largest annual increase in VMT since tracking began in 1971.
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