Weekly estimates of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on U.S. interstate highways. The data compares total travel measured by VMT with travel from the same week of the previous year. It is hosted by datahub.transportation.gov and was last updated on 2024-05-08.
Use Cases
- Analyze weekly traffic trends using the Week and Calendar Year columns.
- Model the impact of passenger vehicle travel using the % Change Passenger column.
- Forecast freight and logistics demand using the % Change Truck column.
- Assess overall traffic volume changes using the % Change All Vehicles column.
Strengths
- Data is updated weekly, providing near-real-time insights.
- Includes year-over-year comparisons for trend analysis.
- Available in multiple formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- datahub.transportation.gov
- Freshness
- Last updated 2024-05-08 00:26:03.
- Geography
- United States interstate highways.