U.S. June Motor Vehicle Travel Miles: Summary (Table)

By Alex Tanzi

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. motorists drove less in June, according to the Department of Transportation.

Travel on all public roads fell 4.7 percent in June from the same month last year. Travel totaled 250.2 billion miles in June.

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                      June     May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.    June
                      2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2007
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                       -------------Billions of Traffic Miles-------------
Total                  250.2   254.7   245.9   246.2   215.8   226.9   262.5
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Rural Interstate       21.3    22.0    20.5    20.7    17.4    18.4    22.8
Rural Other Arterial   33.0    33.5    31.3    31.4    27.3    28.2    35.1
Other Rural            32.3    32.4    31.4    30.5    26.1    27.8    34.2
Urban Interstate       40.6    41.0    39.6    39.6    34.8    36.8    42.1
Urban Other Arterial   86.8    88.8    87.1    88.1    78.2    81.8    90.9
Other Urban            36.1    36.9    36.1    35.9    32.1    33.8    37.4
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                      June     May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.    June
                      2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2007
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                       --------------------YoY% Change--------------------
Total                   -4.7%   -3.6%   -1.8%   -4.3%   -0.5%   -1.6%   -4.0%
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Rural Interstate       -6.6%   -3.9%   -5.2%   -2.6%   -1.2%   -2.1%   -4.6%
Rural Other Arterial   -6.0%   -4.0%   -2.9%   -4.8%   -0.3%   -1.9%   -4.0%
Other Rural            -5.6%   -4.7%   -2.2%   -6.4%   -1.2%   -2.1%   -5.4%
Urban Interstate       -3.6%   -2.8%   -1.1%   -3.0%   -0.6%   -1.1%   -3.6%
Urban Other Arterial   -4.5%   -3.4%   -1.0%   -4.4%   -0.4%   -1.8%   -3.7%
Other Urban            -3.5%   -3.9%   -1.1%   -4.4%  -85.2%   -1.0%   -3.4%
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NOTE: Totals in billions of miles. Total may not add due to rounding.

SOURCE: Department of Transportation

To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Tanzi in Washington at atanzi@bloomberg.net