Americans drove 256.5 billion vehicle-miles in April, 2021, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration. That’s a 55 percent increase over April 2020 and just 8 percent short of April 2019. As a share of pre-pandemic driving, however, it fell short of March, which saw 262.6 billion vehicle-miles or 97 percent of pre-pandemic driving.
March 2021 had 23 business days while March 2019 had only 21, which probably accounts for some of the increase in driving. April 2021 and 2019 each had 22 business days. Transit also had a slight bump in March vs. April, though nowhere near as large as the 5 percent increase (when compared with April) for driving. Continue reading
