Data Did You Know – Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in August 2021 was up a solid 8.3% compared to August 2020, according to data from the Office of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration. The level of traffic was still lower than it was in 2019, the last “normal” year, as shown in the chart above. Before 2020 we typically saw a small year-over-year increase in VMT. The level in 2021, which is 273.8 billion miles, is at the level we last saw in 2015.