This publication, prepared by the Office of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration, is the 56th edition of an annual series that brings together a collection of selected statistical tabulations, relating to highway transportation in three major areas: highway use --the ownership and operation of motor vehicles; highway finance -- the receipts and expenditures of highways by...

As the number of miles logged on the US Interstate Highway System continued to increase dramatically over the past decade, many major metropolitan areas have seen traffic and commuting times grow rapidly. Certain cities, such as Atlanta (among others), are having particularly difficult coping with this problem, as they have little or no effective means of public transportation. To address these...