Miles Driven Up Across the U.S.

Miles Driven Up Across the U.S.
March 26, 2013

The Federal Highway Administration (FHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released its miles driven report for January 2013 showing miles driven grew by 0.5 percent, or 1.2 billion vehicle miles, compared to January 2012. Total estimated travel for January 2013 is estimated to be 226.9 billion vehicle miles.

Travel across the U.S. increased with several regions seeing healthy spikes in driving. The West saw a 1.0 percent growth over the past year, while the North Central and North-East saw increases of 0.7 and 0.6, respectively. These increases show a significant improvement over December's declining numbers.

See the chart below for more information.

Vehicle Miles Driven by Region (in millions)

Region	January 2012	January 2013	Percent Change
North-East	31,811	32,017	+0.6
South Atlantic	49,500	49,610	+0.2
North Central	51,290	51,670	+0.7
South Gulf	46,463	46,504	+0.1
West	46,652	47,122	+1.0
Total	225,714	226,925	+0.5

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