State of traffic along US roads 2020-2022

By Daniel Bland - February 22, 2022 (Twitter?@DanielBlandBiz)?GlobalFleet.com-FleetLatAm.com

In the?United States?much like other countries around the world, drivers gradually made their way back onto roads in 2021. However, are things back to normal??

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In this snapshot about the state of road transportation in the US, I will give you an idea of the distance commuters are traveling, the types of energy they are using, and shed light on the traffic situation in the countries most congested cities.?

Before talking about distance traveled, we must note the number of people that like to stay at home.?While approximately 65 million (20% of the population) favored staying at home on average in 2019 just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number increased to an average of 80 million in 2020.

The year 2021 started quite high with nearly 100 million people (30% of population) staying at home but it tapered off during the year, falling to just over 70 million by year-end, according to the 2021 transportation statistics report of the US Department of Transportation.

This equates to 5 million more people staying home or less than 2% of the country’s population so it might be safe to say that business is back to normal in 2022.

In terms of miles traveled, driver activity plummeted in the second quarter of 2020 and then gradually increased in the second semester. While passenger vehicle activity was 10% below pre-pandemic (2019) levels by the end of 2020, the activity of trucks was nearly 10% up.?View more here...