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Year
|
Vehicle Miles of Travel
(in billions)
|
Average Miles Per Vehicle
(in thousands)
|
|
Total*
|
Passenger Vehicles
|
Trucks***
|
Total
|
Passenger Vehicles
|
Trucks***
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|
Cars*
|
Buses**
|
Vans, Pickups, SUVs
|
Cars*
|
Buses**
|
Vans, Pickups, SUVs
|
|
1970
|
1,110
|
920
|
4.5
|
123
|
62
|
10.0
|
10.0
|
12.0
|
8.7
|
13.6
|
|
1980
|
1,527
|
1,122
|
6.1
|
291
|
108
|
9.5
|
8.8
|
11.5
|
10.4
|
18.7
|
|
1990
|
2,144
|
1,418
|
5.7
|
575
|
146
|
11.1
|
10.3
|
9.1
|
11.9
|
23.6
|
|
2000
|
2,747
|
1,600
|
7.6
|
923
|
206
|
12.2
|
11.9
|
10.2
|
11.7
|
25.7
|
|
2001
|
2,797
|
1,628
|
7.1
|
943
|
209
|
11.9
|
11.8
|
9.4
|
11.2
|
26.6
|
|
2002
|
2,856
|
1,658
|
6.8
|
966
|
215
|
12.2
|
12.2
|
9.0
|
11.4
|
27.1
|
|
2003
|
2,891
|
1,661
|
6.6
|
998
|
216
|
12.2
|
12.2
|
8.5
|
11.5
|
27.3
|
|
2004
|
2,963
|
1,705
|
6.6
|
1,014
|
227
|
12.2
|
12.5
|
8.3
|
11.0
|
27.7
|
|
*Motorcycles included with cars through 1994; thereafter in total, not shown separately.
**Includes school buses
***Includes combinations
Source: U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, annual.
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