Miles Driven Down Across the U.S.

Miles Driven Down Across the U.S.
April 29, 2013

The Federal Highway Administration (FHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released its miles driven report for February 2013 showing miles driven dropped by 1.4 percent, down 3.1 billion miles, compared to February 2012. Total estimated travel for January 2013 is estimated to be 214.6 billion miles.

Travel across the U.S. declined, with only the South-Gulf region showing an increase of 0.3 percent. The steepest drop occurred in the North-East, which was down 4.5 percent. The North-Central and South-Atlantic regions declined by 2.4 percent and 1.1 percent, respectively. The West was down slightly at 0.2 percent. In January each region showed an increase.

Vehicle Miles Driven by Region (in millions)

Region	February 2012	February 2013	Percent Change
North-East	31,309	29,887	-4.5
South-Atlantic	47,081	46,543	-1.1
North-Central	48,707	47,558	-2.4
South-Gulf	44,762	44,905	0.3
West	45,795	45,691	-0.2
Total	217,656	214,586	-1.4

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