Op-Ed: Vermont’s Lessons for Controlling Emissions
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An agency that was built to discourage electric use shows how the best, greenest vehicle mile is the one not travelled.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about VMT
Study: A Road Pricing Scheme That Actually Cuts Driving
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Participants in a study who received cash for choosing modes of transport that are most beneficial to society ended up driving far less than study participants who did not get the reward — a finding that suggests that the U.S. could reduce many car trips if existing auto-centric incentives were altered.
Megacars and More Driving Could Cancel Out EV Gains
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Even the most realistic models of the emissions-cutting potential of electric vehicles are still underestimating how much more Americans are likely to drive and their preference for gas-powered megacars, a new study suggests.
Four Bills Could Help Break the Car Culture
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The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.
Study: App Taxis Can More than Double VMTs
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The average Uber or Lyft customer is responsible for adding more than twice as many car miles to his city's roads as he was before he started using app-taxis to get around.
Study: Car Traffic Might Stay Low Post-Vaccine
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But if we don't act fast, they'll come back.