U.S. VMT going sideways
July 26th, 2010 by Jim JustThe Federal Highway Administration reports travel on U.S. road and streets is up 0.1% for May 2010 as compared with May 2009. Cumulative travel for 2010 is down 0.1%. The cumulative estimate for the year is 1,206.2 billion vehicle miles of travel.
Calculated Risk has posted this graph showing the rolling 12-month total VMT going mostly sideways, still 2.0% below the peak and only 0.6% above the recent low.
VMT in Oregon was off 2.4% in May compared to May last year.