Travel Continues to Rise, Though Only Slightly; May U.S. Miles Driven Up 0.1 Percent

Travel Continues to Rise, Though Only Slightly; May U.S. Miles Driven Up 0.1 Percent
July 27, 2010

Vehicle Miles Driven by Region (in millions)
	May 2009	May 2010	Percent Change
Northeast	38,692	38,893	+0.5
South Atlantic	54,740	54,903	+0.3
North Central	59,603	59,467	-0.2
South Gulf	50,804	51,225	+0.8
West	56,518	56,152	-0.6
Total	260,355	260,641	+0.1

Vehicle travel on U.S. roadways continued to rise in May for the third consecutive month though by a mere 0.1 percent increase over May 2009. Travel totaled 260.6 billion vehicle miles, compared with 260.4 billion vehicle miles driven in May 2009, according to the latest reports from the Federal Highway Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Travel also continues to rise each month as the year goes on-and was up 4.7 billion vehicle driven miles from April 2010, a 1.8 percent increase.

While travel throughout the nation might have been up, regionally travel was down in both the North-Central and Western regions, by 0.2 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively (see chart for more information). However, the South-Gulf region took top of the charts for regional travel, with an increase of 0.8 percent over the previous year.

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