U.S. motorists driving in November topped pre-pandemic levels and rose 12.3% over the same month in 2020 as more Americans return to offices and leisure trips, a government agency said.

The Federal Highway Administration said on Monday motorists drove 267.5 billion miles in November, up 29.2 billion miles over November 2020 and above the 260.3 billion miles in November 2019. For the first 11 months of the year, road travel is up 11.2%, or 298.1 billion miles, to 2.96 trillion miles.