Four-week moving average less than 2% below 2019 levels. The recovery in gasoline consumption continued to improve in early September despite the headwinds from the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic during the summer. Gasoline demand had been at all-time record levels leading into the July 4 holiday in the U.S. but has retreated to slightly […]
August Gas Demand and Interstate Traffic Not Showing Dramatic Impact from Coronavirus Resurgence
Four-week moving average less than 3% below 2019 levels. Interstate passenger traffic at similar levels. The recovery in gasoline consumption and traffic volume continues to hold at high levels in August even with the headwinds from the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic during the summer. Gasoline demand had been at all-time record levels leading into […]
July Gas Consumption and Interstate Traffic Continues Near Pre-Pandemic Levels
Following record gasoline demand on weekly basis leading into July 4 holiday, the four-week moving average has remained within 1% of 2019 levels. Interstate passenger traffic at similar levels. The recovery in gasoline consumption and traffic volume has held following the record demand leading into the July 4 holiday in the U.S. The four-week moving […]
Traffic Volume in March Up 19% Compared to Last Year
March levels at best since start of pandemic compared to 2019. The improvement in traffic volume compared to last year was dramatic compared to the first month impacted by the pandemic. Travel volume in March increased substantially on a year-over-year basis and the decrease compared to 2019 levels was the smallest since the start of […]
Improvements in Gasoline Consumption Slowed in Late April
Demand for gasoline on weekly basis in top 10 since start of pandemic for most of April. Interstate travel was down in mid-April after exceeding pre-pandemic levels for one week. 13 of top 15 metro areas have above average percentage of people working from home. The recovery in traffic volume remains near the best levels […]
Gasoline Consumption Improves as Travel Gathers Steam Across the U.S.
Demand for gasoline at second highest level since start of the pandemic. Interstate travel at best level since start of pandemic. The recovery in traffic volume has continued in April as pandemic restrictions ease and vaccination rates increase. The four-week moving average of gas consumption has increased for seven weeks in a row starting in […]
Vehicle Miles Traveled Surging Since March
INRIX reports growth in traffic volume to near pre-pandemic levels nationally. Traffic varying widely by state and does not appear to correlate with vaccination rates. INRIX reported today that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) continues to rise across the U.S. with a notable surge since March. They caution, however, that traffic volume growth varies widely by […]
Gasoline Consumption Continues to Increase as Pandemic Impact on Travel Wanes
After declining due to the resurgence of the pandemic and storms during the winter, the increase in gasoline consumption through early April has returned to levels last seen in October. The recovery in traffic volume improved in March as the impact of the pandemic improved and severe winter storms in February that caused widespread power […]
U.S. Driving Last Year Was Lowest in Two Decades
After six consecutive years of gradual increases in vehicle-miles traveled (VMT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released new year-end estimates yesterday showing total U.S. driving fell by 13.2% – from 3.3 trillion VMT in 2019 to 2.83 trillion in 2020. This decrease equates to an estimated reduction of nearly 170 million metric tons of carbon […]
Gasoline Consumption Continued to Improve in January
The decline in the four-week moving average in January compared to last year was less than in December. While interstate traffic volume is up, more than a third of U.S. households still have at least one person working from home at least part of the time. The latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration […]
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