by Calculated Risk on 9/21/2025 09:55:00 AM
This is something I check occasionally.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported:
Travel on all roads and streets changed by +1.7% (+4.9 billion vehicle miles) for July 2025 as compared with July 2024. Travel for the month is estimated to be 296.0 billion vehicle miles.
The seasonally adjusted vehicle miles traveled for July 2025 is 276.6 billion miles, a +1.6% ( 4.4 billion vehicle miles) change over July 2024. It also represents a 0.5% change (1.5 billion vehicle miles) compared with June 2025.
Cumulative Travel for 2025 changed by +0.9% (+17.1 billion vehicle miles). The cumulative estimate for the year is 1,919.0 billion vehicle miles of travel.
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This graph shows the monthly total vehicle miles driven, seasonally adjusted.
Miles driven declined sharply in March 2020 and really collapsed in April 2020.
Miles driven are now at pre-pandemic levels.
