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U.S. road travel rose 8.3% in August as driving rebounds from pandemic levels -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cars are parked in front of the Blue Lick Elementary School during orientation day in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. motorists drove 8.3% more miles in August versus the same month a year ago as driving continues to recover from pandemic lows and more Americans returned to offices and took leisure trips.

The Federal Highway Administration said on Tuesday that motorists drove 273.8 billion miles in August, up 21 billion miles over August 2020 but lower than the 286.8 billion miles in August 2019.

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