U, S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE" BUREAU OF PUBLIC WADS Charles Sawyer, Secretary Thomas H. Macbnald, Colnmissionar TRAFFIC VOLUME TRENDS

Washington, D. C. wtober 1949

sh: On the basis of preliminary figures, motor-vehicle travel on main and I local roads for the country as a whole was higher during October 1949 than in 1 any previous October.

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Veh icle-mi les t%'centage change f I'Q~-- (mi 1 l ions) l9Y8 Main rural roads...... 14,088 t7.7 Local rural roads...... 4,731 f 16.5 t86.0 46.0 A1 1 rural roads 18,819 t29.Y t 112.8 f7.3 "P ...... P Traffic on rural roads in the geographic regions and changes from pre- vious years were as follows: I I I I

Eastern reg ions...... Central regions...... Western reg ions......

Travel on city streets was also heavier than in any previous October. Comparisons with October of previous years for city streets, rural roads, and all roads and streets are as follows:

City ~treets...... ~...... Rural road^.....^...... ^..^..^ roads and street^..^......

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Tab1 e 1. --PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF AUTOMATIC TRAFF 1 C RECORDER DATA FOR OCTOBER I gY9 lHCCUDlNG 704 STATIONS 1W 4.Y STATES

Traffic volume Traffic volume Number Number Type of t~ i ghway percentage Type of h i ghway of of percentage and State change frm and State change frm stations Stations October 1948 October I948 i

STAiTlE HICWAYS STATE HIGHWAYS --Con.

7 Alabama...... Arkansas...... Cal ifornia...... l.. Colorado...... ,... Connect icut...... ,... Delaware...... P Florida...... I" Georgia...... Idaho.. ..me...... m .... Ill inois...... Indiana...... UJCAL HIGHWAYS I

Kansas...... Kentucky...... Louisiana...... Maine...... Mary I and...... Massachusetts...... Mi ch i gan...... Minnesota...... Mississippi...... Missouri...... I Mon tana...... p Nebraska...... ""2 t Nevada...... New Hampsh i re...... New Jersey...... Hew Mexico...... B North Carol ina, ...... Horth Dakota...... r Oh iu...... :~r Okl ahma...... 0 rep...... Pennsylvania...... Rhode Island...... 3 EASTERN REGIONS.. .. . SouthCarolina ...... South Dakota...... Tennessee......

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Table 3. --NUMBER OF VEH ICES, CLASS IF IED BY TYPES, US IN6 TOLL FAC I LITIES IN OCTOBER I949 COMPARED WITH THOSE IN OCTOBER 1948

Fac i 1 it ies

parkways in the Middle Atlant ic States...... Pennsy Ivan i a hkpike2...... Mine urnp pike^ ...... 4 in the South Atlantic States......

3 m th~ioRiver...... m...... ,...... ~...... 7 on the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers, St. Louis and North....

Subtota1:fO facilitiea..~.....m~.~...... ~...... 4 bn the Missouri River......

total 7 facilities......

Nm-revenue vehicles (when reported) included in report and treated as passenger cars unless otherwise spec if ied. 2HuraDer of vehicles, those using any portion of the faci 1 ity. 3 be of these faci 1 itiea is in Western New York and therefore is related to similar facilities in the Central States, -7055 5