Miles Driven Increases Overall in November

Miles Driven Increases Overall in November
January 28, 2013

The Federal Highway Administration (FHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released the newest numbers for miles driven in November 2012, showing a small increase of 0.8 percent, or a 1.9 billion increase in miles driven over November 2011.

Overall travel for the month is estimated to be around 238.8 billion vehicle miles, according to the report. Cumulative travel for 2012 has also increased by 16.7 billion vehicle miles, or 0.6 percent. So far, the cumulative estimate for the year for is 2,702.9 billion vehicle miles.

Regionally, travel is also up. With the exception of the North-East region (down -0.9 percent) all regions have seen an increase in miles driven. Most notably, the South-Gulf saw a boost of 2.2 percent. These numbers reflect the upward trend seen in October's numbers.

See the chart below for more information.

Vehicle Miles Driven by Region (in millions)

Region	November 2012	November 2011	Percent Change
North-East	34,338	34,653	-0.9
South Atlantic	50,106	50,060	+0.1
North Central	53,733	53,115	+1.2
South-Gulf	47,141	46,108	+2.2
West	53,458	52,955	+0.9
Total	238,779	236,889	+0.8

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