U.S. VMT down in 2010, VMT up in Oregon
April 22nd, 2010 by Jim JustThe Federal Highway Administration reports that vehicle miles driven in February were down from February 2009:
Travel on all roads and streets changed by -2.9% (-6.3 billion vehicle miles) for February 2010 as compared with February 2009.
In the west, not so. Western region travel is up 0.9%. In Oregon, VMT was up 3.5% in February after being off 1.2% in January.
Cumulative travel in the U.S. is also down so far in 2010:
Cumulative Travel for 2010 changed by -2.3% (-10.1 billion vehicle miles).
Calculated Risk has posted this chart showing the moving 12 month total peaking in November 2007:
