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November 2009 Traffic Volume Trends

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Public Affairs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, www.transportation.gov/briefingroom Follow us on Twitter @USDOTFHWA
  • Travel on all roads and streets changed by 1.4% (3.2 billion vehicle miles)
    for November 2009 as compared with November 2008.
  • Travel for the month is estimated to be 236.4 billion vehicle miles.
  • Cumulative Travel for 2009 changed by 0.3% (7.6 billion vehicle miles).
  • Cumulative estimate for the year is 2,694.8 billion vehicle miles of travel.
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Estimated Vehicle-Miles of Travel by Region - November 2009 - (in Billions)
Change in Traffic as compared to same month last year.

Region Total Travel Percentage Change
North-East 35.2 2.1
South-Atlantic 49.0 0.8
North-Central 52.1 1.9
South-Gulf 46.6 1.0
West 53.5 1.3

Note:

  • All data for this month are preliminary. Revised values for the previous month are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
  • All vehicle-miles of travel computed with 2007 Table VM-2 as a base.
  • Compiled with data on hand as of January 08, 2010.
  • Some historical data were revised based on HPMS and amended TVT data as of December 2008
  • For information on total licensed drivers in the U.S. visit https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm. Select the year of interest then Section III (Driver Licensing).
  • For information on total registered motor vehicles in the U.S., visit https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm Select the year of interest and Section II (Motor Vehicles).
  1. Travel Trends (November 2009)
  2. Individual Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. for November 2009
  3. Changes on Rural Arterial Roads by Region and State
  4. Changes on Urban Arterial Roads by Region and State
  5. Changes on All Estimated Roads by Region and State
  6. Volume Trends - Rural
  7. Volume Trends - Urban
  8. Figure 1 - Moving 12-Month Total on All Highways
  9. Figure 2 - Travel on U.S. Highways By Month