Mileage and Travel in Kansas - 2011

Introduction

As of December 31, 2011, there were 140,513 miles of roads, streets and highways in Kansas. The total mileage decreased due to slow growth in areas where roads are being built and a number of road abandonments where counties are not able to afford maintenance. The average daily travel was 82,250,374 vehicle-miles, which is an increase from 2008-2010 and less than the travel in 2007.

The Kansas State Highway System including City Connecting Links totals 10,341 miles and carries average daily travel of 42,206,049 vehicle-miles. The Kansas Turnpike is 238.2 miles long, with 4,306,820 daily vehicle-miles of travel. Interstate, US, and Kansas routes make up 7.5% of the total Kansas road mileage and carry 57% of total travel.

Under 23 CFR 460 the State must report annually to the federal government about the extent of the roadway network in a Mileage Certification to FHWA. This data ultimately is used for apportionment of highway safety funds. Details of road inventory and usage are reported separately in the Highway Performance Monitoring System.

Under Kansas Statutes Annotated Section 79-3425C, portions of the fuel tax money collected by the State are distributed to County and City governments based on net mileage and road usage. The KDOT certifies these values annually in a Transmittal to the State Treasurer. Per the KSA, the networks reported for Travel by County exclude the Interstate system, and Mileage by County includes all roads.

Annual Summaries

In addition to the Federal Mileage Certification and Treasurer Transmittal, we produce several reports for specific aspects of road usage.

• Mileage and Travel by Urban Status and Corporate Status - Road ownership summary.
• Mileage and Travel by Functional Classification - Federal Functional Classification is a national priority ranking system for roadways.
• Mileage by County - same report as the Treasurer's mileage report.(Data)
• Travel by County - like Treasurer's DVMT report but includes Interstate travel.(Data)
• Mileage and Travel by KDOT Route Classification System - KDOT Route Classification is a priority ranking system for highways.
• Travel by Functional Class and Vehicle Type
• Maintenance Responsibility - KDOT and City Connecting Link centerline and lane mileage.
• Mileage on Indian Nations, State Parks and Federal Lands - Road ownership outside of KDOT purview. Roadway totals reported here may not match the values reported by the individual agencies because of differing reporting standards and measures of accuracy.
• Mileage, Travel and Truck Travel on the National Highway System

Annual Detail Tables

by County

• Mileage and Travel by County by Functional Classification
• Mileage and Travel on State Highways by County
• Mileage and Travel on non-State Rural Non-Corporate Roads

by City

• Urban Mileage and Travel by Functional Classification
• Urban Mileage and Travel by Functional Classification, Corporate
• Urban Mileage and Travel by Functional Classification, Non-Corporate
• Urban Mileage and Travel, Connecting Links and Functional Classification
• Urban Mileage and Travel, Connecting Links and Functional Classification - Corporate
• Urban Mileage and Travel, Connecting Links and Functional Classification - Non-Corporate
• Mileage and Travel in Small Cities

Historical Summaries

• Annual Travel 1947-2010
• Mileage and Travel on State Highways 1958 - 2010
• Travel by KDOT District 2000 - 2010
• Travel by County - Selected Years 1976 - 2010
• Monthly Travel 2001-2010