Travel Numbers Up In Wisconsin
Sunday, August 10th, 2014 -- 8:23 AM
Drivers travelled about 59.5 billion miles in Wisconsin last year, an increase of nearly 400 million miles compared to 2012.Traffic forecasters with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation attribute the increase in vehicle miles travelled to growth in commercial vehicle traffic and to the state?s population.
Over the last 45 years, 'Wisconsin's' population increased about 30 percent, from about 4.4 million in 1970 to 5.7 million today. Over the same period, Wisconsin VMT has more than doubled, 130 percent increase, from 25.9 billion miles travelled in 1970 to 59.5 billion miles today.
The nearly 60 billion miles motorists travelled on Wisconsin roadways last year is equal to about 317 round-trips between the Earth and sun. Last year, the average Wisconsin resident traveled 10,359 miles.
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