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Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled in Nebraska

 

According to the data table below, travel on all roads and streets in Nebraska in February 2025 decreased 6.2 percent, or 103 million miles, compared to the same month a year ago. February 2025 travel was 2.2 percent, or 33 million miles, more than in January 2025.

It can be seen in Figure 1 below that miles traveled in February 2025 were less than the miles traveled in February 2024 (last year) and below the five–year average. February travel was in the center of the five–year range.

 

 

Sources: "State of Nebraska Automatic Traffic Recorder Data." Nebraska Department of Transportation, Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  Travel was affected by winter weather in the following months: January of 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2024, and 2025; February of 1994, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2019, and 2021; March of 1995, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2019; April of 2018; October of 1997 and 2009; November of 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2018; and December of 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. NA = Not Available.