 
February Miles Driven Continues Upward Trend
April 24, 2012
by Katie O'Mara, komara@glass.com
Travel on the U.S. roadways rose by 1.8 percent from February 2011 to February 2012, an increase of 3.9 billion miles, according to the latest report from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Thus far, cumulative travel for 2012 has increased by 1.7 percent as compared to 2011 reports. Regionally, vehicle travel increased in every region of the country except for the South-Atlantic region, which saw a one percent decrease. The North-Central and North-East regions experienced the largest increase with the North-Central region reporting a 4.3 percent increase in travel as compared with 2011 (see chart below for details on all regions).
| Vehicle Miles
Driven by Region (in millions) |
|
Region
|
February 2011
|
February 2012
|
Percent Change
|
|
Northeast
|
30,181
|
31,293
|
+3.7
|
|
South-Atlantic
|
47,458
|
46,965
|
-1.0
|
|
North-Central
|
46,918
|
48,946
|
+4.3
|
|
South-Gulf
|
42,776
|
43,599
|
+1.9
|
|
West
|
44,866
|
45,294
|
+0.9
|
|
Total
|
212,221
|
216,096
|
+1.8
|
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