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U.S. motorists drive 281.2 billion miles in May

The latest Federal Highway Administration data shows vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for May this year reached 281.2 billion miles, surpassing the figure for May 2016 by 2.2 percent. This is the highest figure for May FHWA has reported in its monthly Traffic Volume Trends report going back to 1992. This brings the year-to-date VMT to […]

August 7, 2017

U.S. drivers surpass 2.4 trillion miles for first 9 months of 2016

The latest Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data shows vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. passed 2.4 trillion miles through September this year and is 3 percent higher than the same period last year. The moving 12-month total reached 3.2 trillion miles, according FHWA’s most recent Traffic Volume Trends report. In September alone the VMT was […]

December 8, 2016

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Wisconsin vehicle miles traveled reaches all-time high at 62.1 billion miles

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) says the statewide vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for the state reached 62.1 billion miles in 2015, a jump of 2.1 billion miles compared to 2014 and the highest every recorded. The state had not seen an increase of that magnitude in 17 years, and WisDOT attributes the boost to […]

October 28, 2016

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U.S. miles driven in April reach 272.8 billion, up 2.6% over 2015

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for April is up 2.6 percent (6.8 billion) compared to the same month last year, reaching 272.8 billion, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) most recent Traffic Volume Trends report. The seasonally adjusted figure is 267.3 billion miles, which is slightly less than the statistics for March, dropping by 0.3 […]

June 29, 2016

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U.S. miles driven in 2015 reaches 3.15 trillion, breaking previous 2007 record

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for all of 2015 reached 3.15 trillion, a figure that breaks the previous record of 3 trillion miles in 2007, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) most recent Traffic Volume Trends report. The report also shows that the monthly estimate for December reached 264.2 billion miles, a 4.2 percent increase […]

February 23, 2016

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FHWA says 2015 could go down as the most heavily traveled year ever

The Federal Highway Administration has released it’s November Traffic Volume Trends report showing that by the end of that month, U.S. driving reached 2.88 trillion miles, a sign that 2015 could be the most heavily traveled year ever. November alone marked 253 billion miles driven, with a seasonally adjusted vehicle miles traveled (VMT) figure of 264 […]

January 26, 2016

How much capacity is too much?

Last summer, I was shocked to receive an email blast from the Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) urging the state to quit spending on highway expansion projects and invest that money instead in public transportation. The rationale for this campaign was PIRG’s finding that vehicle miles travelled (VMT) per lane mile have been flat […]

October 9, 2014

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Move over gas tax: California could move to VMT fee

California is considering switching from a state gas tax to a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) fee, our sister site Overdrive reports. The state’s Senate approved SB 1077 this month. The legislation would require the California Transportation Agency (CTA) to create a voluntary user fee pilot program by 2016, but CTA would not be allowed to collect fees. […]

June 14, 2014

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5 Options for Avoiding Highway Trust Fund Insolvency

The current surface transportation bill, MAP-21, is set to expire in September, and lawmakers are scrambling to reauthorize funding before that deadline. However, a larger problem is expected to arise up to two months before MAP-21’s expiration: the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the primary source of project funding, is expected to completely run out of […]

April 11, 2014

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ARTBA: VMTs are rebounding

Vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) are on the rise, despite reports that American’s are driving less, according to a memo the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) released Friday. ARTBA points to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data that show U.S. VMTs were up 0.3 percent in 2012 and 0.6 percent in 2013. The association notes […]

March 24, 2014

In a memo released on March 21, 2014, ARTBA said VMTs are rebounding. (Photo courtesy ARTBA)

Shuster, Boxer say highway bill is about jobs

Rep Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), both chair of their respective chamber’s transportation committee, on Thursday each reiterated President Obama’s message that the new highway bill is about job creation and retention, according to our sister site, Commercial Carrier Journal. Speaking to attendees at the 2014 American Association of State Highway and […]

March 2, 2014

Rep. Shuster tells attendees at the 2014 AASHTO Washington Briefing that a transportation bill is “a jobs bill.”

MAP-21: The good, the bad and the lessons learned

With reauthorization less than a year away, many agencies are thinking about ways lawmakers can improve the new federal bill. Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members joined last month at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, to lead a discussion about the good and bad of the Moving Ahead for […]

September 30, 2013

Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members discussed MAP-21 at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, August 27, 2013. (From left: Susan Hann, city manager for the City of Palm Bay, Florida; John Davis of BBG Consulting; Kathleen Davis, director of Highways and Local Program with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT); and Debra Hale, executive director with the Transportation Agency for Monterey County in Salinas, California)

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