Tuesday, March 3, 2009

2008 Vehicle Miles of Travel Decreases

December 2008 Traffic Volume Trends

Travel on all roads and streets changed by -1.6% (-3.8 billion vehicle miles)for December 2008 as compared with December 2007.
Travel for the month is estimated to be 237.2 billion vehicle miles.
Cumulative Travel for 2008 changed by -3.6% (-107.9 billion vehicle miles).
Cumulative estimate for the year is 2,921.9 billion vehicle miles of travel.

(FHWA, 2009)