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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 April 2026 was relatively the same (one million miles) compared to the same month a year ago. April 2026 travel increased 4.3 percent, or 77 million miles, from last month.

April travel was above the five–year average miles of travel and at the upper boundary of the five–year range. Miles traveled in April 2026 were relatively the same number of miles traveled in April 2025 (last year). (Figure 1)

Figure 1 shows the motor vehicle miles traveled in Nebraska this year compared to last year's miles traveled, the five-year average, and the five-year range.

 

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

This report was updated on May 14, 2026. 
Typically, there is a month between updates.