How Two Cities Actually Reduced Driving
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The number of driving miles declined in both cities even as population (and Uber!) has grown quickly.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about VMT
All the Bad Things About Uber and Lyft In One Simple List
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More traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths, greater social stratification: A comprehensive list. (It's long.)
We Can’t Stop Global Warming Without Reducing Driving
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Electric vehicles aren't going to cut it, emissions-wise. We need to do more.
Urban Myth Busting: Congestion, Idling, and Carbon Emissions
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Increasing road capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will backfire.
![Relying on the gas tax instead of replacing it with mileage-based driving fees could cost Oregon $340 million over 10 years, according to the state DOT. Image: ODOT [PDF]](https://i1.wp.com/usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/oregon_gas_vmt.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
Oregon’s Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fees: Ready for Prime Time, But Waiting for Approval
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Oregon has led the way in developing an alternative to the gas tax, with a pilot program that levies a fee on vehicle miles traveled. While the Oregon Department of Transportation has spent years developing the mileage-based program and is ready to expand it to all vehicles statewide, it's not part of the massive transportation spending package under discussion at the legislature.
What Explains the Decline in Driving Among Young People?
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New research from UCLA concludes that while attitudes toward driving may be shifting, economic factors explain most of the recent decline in driving among younger Americans.