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-TRAFFIC VOLUME U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION I TRENDS APRIL 1980 I/ i' i' TRAVEL ON ALL ROADS AND STREETS -4.4% I COMPARED TO SAME MONTH ONE YEAR AGO I -I I ALL DATA FOR THIS MONTH ARE PRELIMINARY, REVISED VALUES FOR PREVIOUS MONTH ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 and 2. NOTE: ALL VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL HAVE BEEN COMPUTED ~1~~1976VM-2 DATA AS A BASE. FOR OFFICIAL DISTRIBU TlON TRAFFIC VOLUME TRENDS - APRIL 1988 I Based on preliminary reports from the State highwapagencies, travel during April 1980 on all roads and streets in the nation decreased by -4.4 percent as compared to April 1979, resulting in estimated travel for the month at 121,802 million vehicle miles. This total includes 43,306 million vehicle miles on main rural roads, 12,061 million vehicle miles on other rural roads, and 86,435 million vehicle miles on city streets. Travel for the current month as well as the cumulative yearly total on main rural roads and for all roads and streets is shown below. Similar totals for each year since 1970 are also included. TRAVEL IN MILLIONS Hain Rural Roads All Roads and Streets April Year to Date April Year to Date I Traffic volume trends is a monthly report prepar Planning Services Branch, Highway Statistics Division, based on ho count data. These data, collected at approximately 4000 traffic counting locations nationwide, are used to determine change in traffic for the current month compared to the same previous year. This percent change is applied to the period in the previous year to obtain travel for the For extra copies, or to be put on the monthly ma'ling1 list, contact: Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics Division, Room 3300 400 7th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 Phone (202) 426-0160 FIGURE 1-R - TRRVEL ON MRIN RURRL RORDS BY MON PREPARED 61 KENNETH H. WELTY DATE PREPARED - JUNE 11. IS80 ------- - 1978 --- - 1979 A - 1980 PREPARED BY KENNETH H. UELTY -------C1 - 1978 --- f3 DATE PREPARED = JUNE U. 11110 - 1980 - 1979 700 - I I I I I 700 Cn 600 El 650 500 J a-1 400 600 300 2 2 550 LL 0 500 =- 3 450 0 5 > 400 5 350 a 300'11 I" ''I 'I' "I 'I' "I 'I" 'I' 'I' I''I1 'I1 'Ii ''I' 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 FIGURE 2 - ANNUAL TRAVEL ON MAlN RURAL ROADS FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN MONTH SHOWN FIGURE 3 - ANNUAL TRAVEL ON MAlN RURAL ROADS AS PERCENTAGE OF YEAR 1965 TABLE 1.-SUMMARY BY ROAD CLASS AND BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I PRELIMINARY DATA FOR APRIL I REVISED DATA FOR MARCH 1---------------------------------------------8------------------------------------,-,----- 1 VEHICLE-MILES I 8 VEHICLE-MRES 8 I lMtLLIONSI : PERCENTAGE * (MILL IONS) PERCENTAGE I----,---------------,------- CHANGE *------------------------------ICHANGE I s 1980 I 1979 t I 1980 I 1979 I I .................................................................................................. I CLASS OF ROAD* ALL STATES: I I I I I I MAIN RURAL ROADS....***..**.... ' 43.306 ' 45r797 ' -5.4 I 419541 ' 45,146 1 -0.0 , LOCAL RURAL ROADS*..**..*.**..* ' 129061 * 12,533 ' -3.8 ' 11,022 ' 11,580 ' -4.8 ALL RURAL ROADS.ao...*+.***.... ' 559367 ' 58'330 ' -5.1 * 521563 ' 56,726 1 -7.3 CITY STREETS...o...*..*..*.,.r. ' 669435 691073 -3.8 ' 67,721 * 711215 -4.9 ALL ROADS AND STREETS.*....*.*. ' 1211802 ' 127r403 ' -4r4 120t284 1279943 -6.0 I 1 I I 8 I 48 STATES (MAIN RURAL ONLY]: t 8 I t t I EASTERN REGfON.....mo.*.****..r ' 159964 ' 161794 ' -4.9 ' 159225 * 169635 ' -8.5 CENTRAL REGION..*a.s....r*.***. ' 20.633 ' 21,956 ' -6.0 ' 19t804 211568 ' -8.2 WESTERN REGION.*.**.......**... * 6'447 ' 69777 ' -4.9 ' 69264 ' 6,684 ' -6.3 I I 1 I I I TOTAL*.*J*.*.....**.*-*. ' 43,044 ' 45,527 ' -5.5 41,293 ' 44.887 ' -0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------I-----------,I,-,-------------------'-,,--,,,,,,,,, TABLE 2.-CHANGFS ON MAIN RURAL ROADS BY STATES .............................................................................................................................. 1 8 APRTL I MARCH v t * APRIL MARCH ' 1PRELIMINARY) * 1REVISED) ' I ' IPRELIMIWARY) ' LREVISEDl DIVISION AND STATE #---------------------------------------It DIVISION AND STATF 8---------------------------------------- * NUMBER ' PER- ' NUMBER ' PER- 81 ' NUMBER ' PER- NUMBER ' PER- OF ' CENTAGE ' OF CENTAGE ;: * OF ' CENTAGE ' OF ' CENTAGE * STATIONS ' CHANGE ' STATIONS ' CHANGE STATIONS CHANGE a STITIONS CHANGE ----------------------------------------8I-----------,,----------------------------------------------- I "EAST SOUTH CENTRAL: I 1 I NEW ENGLAND: 1 * 1 ' CONNECTICUT.......' - ' - I 7 * - 7.6 " ALABAMA**...*.**.*' 54 ' - 6.1 ' 54 ' - 9.0 MAINEme.*....*.r..' 20 ' -4.4 ' 22 ' -9.5 " "KENTUCKY.*.*.*..I.~ - * - ' 38 -12.8 MASSACHUSETTS*.*..* 7 ' -3.5 @ 8 ' -5.5 " MISSISSIPPI*...*..' 37 -4.8' 40 ' -8.2 NEW HAMPSHIRE*..*.' - ' - ' 64 ' - 7r3 " TENNESSEE*..mm..o*' - ' - I 28 * -10.3 RHODEISLANDm..m.*' 8 ' -1.4' 6 ' -10.0 " t I I I VERMONTa....mo*s..' 37 ' - 2.4 ' 39 - 7.6 '#WEST NORTH CENTRALS ' I I I I I I I " IOWA.rm..*.os.*.*.' 36 ' -10.0 ' 36 - 8.7 MXDDLEATLANTIC? ' I I I " KANSAS.o.a......*.' 71 - 5.7 ' 70 ' - 8.7 NEW JERSEY.*.*.*..' - I - a - " MINNESOTA.....*...* 35 - 6.3 ' 36 * - 5.13 NEW YORK.*.*..*.*.' 25 ' - 5.6 ' 27 ' -10.0 " MISS[JURX.*.**.....' 72 ' - 6.9 ' 73 * -10.2 PENNSYLVANIA..****' 54 ' - 2.6 ' 55 ' - 9.0 '1 NEBRASKA.*.......*' 19 "7t. ' 20 - 8.7 I I I 1 " NORTH DAKOTb...*.mV9 ' - 0.2 ' 28 ' - 4.3 SOUTH ATLANTIC I I 8 I '1 SOUTHOAKOTA**....' 34 ' -6.8 ' 34 ' -5.9 (NORTH) : I I rn I II e I t # DELAWAREmt.*r*I...' 14 ' - 6.6 ' 14 ' -10.6 "WEST SOUTH CENTRAL: a I I I MARYLANDwro..c.*..' 3L ' - 1.2 ' 33 ' - 8.3 lr ARKANSAS*...*...*.* 18 ' -10.0 ' 21 ' -11.0 VIRGINIAo.*....*a*' - ' -4.1 ' - ' -3.0 '1 LOUISIANAI**...~.*' - ' - * 43 -5.8 WESTVIRGINIA.*..*' 25 ' -5.6 ' 20 1 -8.4 " OKLAHOMA......*..*' - t-t - I I I I " TEXAS..o...*..*o..@ 11% * -1.6 * 119 ' -4.2 SOUTH ATLANTIC I I 1 g Ie . I-" I I I (SOUTH) : 8 * t g '*MOUNTAIN: I 1 I 1 FLORIDAr...m.*...** 36 ' - 3-0 ' 41 - 6.3 " ARftONA..*...*.*oor 18 ' - 8.5 ' 18 - 6.8 GEORGIA...........' 25 - 7.2 25 ' - 9.0 COLORADO.........,* 42 ' - 4.4 * 42 - 3.8 NORTHCAROLINAo.**' 46 ' -7.7 * 46 * -9.8 " IDAHO.o.......+oo.* - ' - I 64 - 7.5 SOUTH CAROLINA....' 10 ' - 8.1 ' 7 ' -1L.6 " MONTANA.*...*..**.' 17 - 6.6 ' 9 ' -10.3 I I I 1 " NEVAOAt.+*..*.r..r' 28 -2.3 ' 28 ' -2.6 EAST NORTH CENTRAL: ' e t s *' NEW MEXICO...r.**.' 30 ' - 7.1 ' 30 - 5.6 ILLINI)IS~.***.*...* - ' - 8 33 ' -7.3 " UTAH.*.****.**-*..' 35 ' -2.7 ' 37 * -1.0 INDIANA.r*..*...*rl 20 * - 6.8 ' 20 - 9.5 *' WYOMINC...O..I....' 33 * - 4.9 ' 32 ' - 7.9 MICHIGAN*.*.-*om.*' 66 ' - 8.3 ' 66 * -11.6 " 1 I * I OHIO1.***..*.*..*0' 22 ' - 6.2 ' 20 ' - 9.3 "PACIFIC: s I 9 I WISCONSIN**..**...' 52 ' - 6.9 ' 52 ' - 5.0 " CALIFORNIAo.a.***** - ' - 44.6 ' - 8 - 6.1 -------------------------------------'I OREGONO.*.***.....' - - I 14 ' -1012 ALASKA..*..*......' 37 * - 3-7 ' 34 ' - 0.7 " WA$HINGTON*....I..* 6 * - 3.2 ' 26 * - 6.6 HAWAIII..*.*....*.* 3 ' - 2.0 ' 3 ' - 5.8 1' I a I N --3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: 1-RURAL MILEAGE OF EACH MAJOR TOLL ROUTE IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OR MORE STATIONS* DEPENDING ON STATES' METHOD OF REPORTINGI 2-WHERE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS IS SHOWN AS A DASH AND A VALUE FOR PERCENTAGE CHANGE IS INDJtATEDv THF LATTER VALUE IS BASED ON A STATEWIDE ESTIMATE PROVIDED BY THE HlGHUAY AGENGY DETERMINED FROM EXTENSIVE TRAFFIC SAMPLING SURVEYS. 3-WHERE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS AND THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE ARE SHOWN AS DASHES* SIJFFXCXENT 'INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO DETERMINE AN ESTIMATE. *-e--.ll Ill Ill 111 1 1-1 I// I 1-1 I IPI lit 1 1-1 1 ; ! 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I J------------------------------------------- I 1 SYSTEM JAN I FEB 1 MAR 1 APR 1 NAY f JUNE I JULY f AUG 1 SEPT I OCT 4 NOV 1 DEE 1 l--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f 1 1 I t i 1979 CUMULAT IVE MONTHLY VEHICLE-Hf LES Of TRAVEL IN BILLIONS* I 1 I---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ft 1 I 1 I t I t 1 I 1 1 I 1 I f MAINRURAL i 36.3 I 72-4 1 117.5 1 163-3 f 211-1 1 258.3 I 308-0 1 360*3 I 405-6 1 452e0 I 494.7 1 536-6 f I 1 f I 1 1 I I t 1 I t I 1 1 LQCAL RURAL 1 9-5 f 19.2 I 30.8 1 4313 1 55-8 I 70.0 84.0 I 98-1 f 110-9 f 224.0 1