Traffic Volume

; 1 TRAFFIC VOLUME

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRENDS FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIST RATION

TRAVEL ON ALL ROADS AND STREETS DOWN-2.2% COMPARED TO SAME MONTH ONE YEAR AGO

FOR OFFlClAL DISTRIBUTION I I TRAFFIC VOLUME TRENDS - NOVEMBER 1979 I

Based on preliminary reports from the State highwa agencies, travel 1 during November 1979 on all roads and streets in tI)eY nation decreased i by -2.2 percent as compared to November 1978, resu ting in estimated I travel for the month at 120,119 million vehicle miles. This total i f includes 42,731 million vehicle miles on main ruraf roads, 11,643 million I vehicle miles on other rural roads, and 65,744 milnion vehicle miles on I city streets. I

Travel for the current month as well as the cumulakive yearly total on main rural roads and for all raads and streets is bhown below. Similar totals for each year since 1970 are also included.! i i TRAVEL IN MILLIONS I I Main Rural Roads All Roads and Streets November Year to Date November Year to Date

1 Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report prepared by the Planning Services I Branch, Highway Statistics Division, based on hourly traffic count data. These data collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting iZ

3 locations nationwide, are used to determine the percent change in traffic ! for the current month compared to the same month i~ the previous year. 1 This percent change is applied to the travel for the same period in V 9 the previous year to obtain travel for the current period. I I i For extra copies, or to be put on the monthly mailjng list, contact: I1 1 Federal Highway Administration I

Office of Public Affairs, Room 4208 I j 4 400 7th Street, SW. 1 Washington, D.C. 20590 ,I Phone (202) 426-0677.

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74 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 FIGURE 2 - ANNUAL TRAVEL ON MAIN RURAL ROADS FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN MONTH SHOWN

1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 FIGURE 3 - ANNUAL TRAVEL ON MAIN RURAL ROADS AS PERCENTAGE OF YEAR 1965 TAHLF l.-SUM?dARY BY ROAD CLASS AND RY GEOGRAPHIC AREb ______------I PRFLIMINARY DATA FOR MOVEYBER 1 REVISED DATA FOR OCTOBER *------r------*------I VEHICLE-MILFS 1 1 VFHICLE-MILES 8 I (MILLIONS) * PERCENTAGE (MILLIONS) ' " ERCENTAGE I------* GHAYGE '------1 CHANGE 1979 1 1978 1 1 1979 I 1978 I __--_------___------v LLuS~2F R3AOr ALL STATES: I I 4819 KJhnL ItUhdS.,...... ' 42,731 a 43,989 LIJC~L ~JILALKdAuS...... ' 11,643 llrY67 ALL dJ%k~ROAJSI...... ' 54,355 . 55~956 CIiY STkttTS*...... I 65,744 I 66~873 ~LL~JAUS ANU ~TXECTL...... I 120.119 I 122,829 I I SB STA~LSlYAiN 1iU14L ONLY): I I L451r&,d RSG1L.V...... *..-....* X5+499 I 161041 zEj~Th4LKtulu\...... -a ...r. I 201703 Llr377 di5TLib F,tGILI\I-...... 6,305 . 6,333 I I

TABLE 2.-CHANGFS l3N MAIN RURAL ROADS BY STATES

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f IP'!ELI"IIYnRYI I (REVISFO) 11 (PRELIMINARY1 I REVISED) JiJl,lj\&\f) hr,$rL I------IV DIVISION AND STATE "------I U'' 'ER- ' "\lIPRLK ' PER- " * NUMDFR ' PER- ' NUMBER ' PER- F1F 'CtirITAGT a Of 'CFYTAGE l1 l DF ' CENTRGF ' OF ' CENTAGE ' LTATI3FIS ' CHA1.ISL ' STATICINS ' rWANSE IS ' STATIONS * CHANCE STlLTIONS ' CHANGE ------_------I'------

Ltd iNgiAN3: 1 1 I I l 'EAST SOUTH CENTRAL: ' 1 1 I LSi~~tCILCJT.-.-...' .. I-I - l. ALABAPA...... ' 53 . - 3.2 * 52 - 2.2 +f41~t.~...... ' 21 *-2.9 I 21 - 5.6 " 36 - 267 a 37 - 2.4 I%4h5ACkiUSkTTSI..1.' T .-6.0 * 7 *-9.5 ll. RISSISSIPPI.....r.* 35 . - 2.8 ' 43 I-2.3 XLH H&~qPStilRt-....~ .. -. 50 . 4.8 " TENNFSSEE...rr..w.' .a - I 29 -5.3 RHOJk ILLAI'~U.*....~ -I - I 5 9 - 4.1 14 I I I 1 VkKYtuT...... ' 40 '-1.7 * 37 ' -3.9 "WFST NORTH CFNTRAL: ' t I I * I I I IOWA...... -....r.rl 3h 4.4 36 3.7 l' - a .- 4iuJii RILANTIC: I 8 I "KANSAS...... ' 69 ' -1.0 a b9 ' -3.0 I-# 4cd JtFScY...... ' -I -I. MINNESOTA...*.....' 33 . -4.8 ' 34 . -4.4 NLn Y~k<...... l 21 I-5.4 ' 26 *-4.3 '* I.IISSOURI...... -~~~ 73 - 5.3 ' 74 '-5.8 PkN4SYLYXll~.~....' -* - 3 57 I-5.5 I. NCRRASKA..rr.....r' 19 I-4.5 I 19 I.4.9 # I 1 I I. NORrH DAK0TA.....r4 -.+ 4.0 .-'.3.4 SUUIH ACLAiUl IC I t I I " SOUTH DAKOTA..,,..' 36 * - 3.9 ' 35 ' - 4.7 11 I 8 [ !'42~iill : I I I n * ' JLLANARE...~.~....' 14 ..4.0 . 14 -5.4 "WEST SOUTHCENTRAL: ' I I I M~HYLB!'~~...... ' 30 . -1.5 ' 31 I -0.9 GIASKANSA5...... ' 19 ' -0.5 I 20 ' -3.2 V~KOIYIA..~.~...~.~ -I-2-1 '-.-3.1 I. LOUrSIANA..r....r.' -' - I 43 ' - 1.5 ~LSTVIAJI~~A.....' 15 - 4.3 . 16 *-5.6 .. DKLAHOMA...... ' 35 '-1.5 ' 32 - 2.2 I I 1 1 " TEXAS....-+-.mr..-' 118 I + 0.3 ' 117 I-0.5 I1 I I 8 >ddjH ~ILAYI1C I I 1 I * IL3UTrll : I 1 I I ' a NDUNTAIN: 1 I I * FLLKA~A....~...... ' 37 I-117 a 3R I-2.0 l. ARIZONA...... ' 17 I-1.1 I 19 '-0.7 LkURGIA-.....*.*..' 25 *-0.8 I 25 I-1.2 " COLORADO...... *.*rl 43 I - 5.1 ' 41 I.0.7 NDKli CA?.bLIN&....' 45 - 5.3 I 4b 1-3.2 St IDAHO...... ' -I - 1 65 -5.3 b0UTi LA,(JLIIUA....I 10 - 4.4 ' f3 I-3.5 '. MONTANA.,*...... *' 23 . + 7.4 * 25 *-2*3 t 1, I 1 '* NEVIDA..-mo..-.-,.' 28 ' +O.l 28 ' -2.4 cAST 4dhrti GEi\lTilAL: ' I 1 s I. NEW MEXICO-...... ' 30 l-1.9 l 30 .-1.9 iLiIN315.....--... 1- I -' 77 .-3.3 *a UTAH.....r-.r.....' .. - l 41 * - 0-4 1W31AYa ...... ' 22 l-4.7 . 22 *-4.8 I. VYORlNG...... ' 37 I-1.7 . 36 l-2.1 W~GH~JAX...... ' 67 I-8.0 I 50 - 4.5 " 1 t I I blilw...... ' 21 I-4.2 I 19 '-4.4 "PACIFIC: 1 8 1 1 dI5;JtJS1Y...*.....' 3h - 7.4 ' 45 a-2.9 l. CALIFOSNIA.*.r...ra 16 0.0 I 16 *.2.9 ------'# OREGON...... 1 - I ALLiS(A...,...... ' .. I - I - " VASHIMGTON...... I- - I 26 * - 5.2 ------H8~1All**.....r....' ? I-5-6 a 3 ' -11.1 I. $ I 8 1

Nirii: 1-RU3AL i4I~EiiLtjk TACH MA.In9 TOLL RClUTf IS Cf!NSIDERED A5 ONE OR YORE STATIONSy DEPENDING ON STATES' MET402 JF REPORTING.

2-R'ritRt JHt NJ'48kK OF STkT'fJ3NS IS StiOLJN AS A DASH AND A VALUE FOR PERCENTAGE CHANGF IS INDICATEDI THE LATTE7 VALUE IS JASEil 3% A aTAltW1r)F SSTI lATF PROVIDFI) RY THF HIGHWAY AGENGY OFTER%INFO FROM EXTENSIVE TRAFFIC SAMPLING SJKYEIIS.

3-nHEr(L THE NtJYdt? SF STATT'WS AVO Tt'F PERCEKTAGF CHINGE ARE SHORN AS OASHFSI SUFFICIENT INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE 15 OtTtR*lliuc AU FSTIYATE.