U.S. Roads: A look at our roads

The purpose of this project is to analyze and visualize pavement data made available by the Department of Transportation (DoT).

See our About page for details on the program and the data.












An illustration of the process to condense the data into meaningful reports







87 percent of daily trips take place in personal vehicles

91 percent of people driving to work use personal vehicles









45 percent of daily trips are taken for shopping and errands

27 percent of daily trips are social and recreational

15 percent of daily trips are taken for commuting








On average, women drive 21 to 38 miles/day.
Men drive 67 to 44 minutes per day.

The average driver spends 55 minutes a day
behind the wheel