Recent Streetsblog USA posts about VMT

Sen. Ed Markey co-introduced four bills that are getting love from green transportation advocates. Source: Victoria Pickering via Creative Commons

Four Bills Could Help Break the Car Culture

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

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

By Kea Wilson | Jan 23, 2021 | No Comments

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

By Kea Wilson | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

But if we don't act fast, they'll come back.

Americans Want Drivers Who Drive More to Pay More

By Kea Wilson | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

People are starting to get behind a VMT tax. (Um, so what's a vehicle miles traveled tax?)

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New CA Law Finally Rejects 'Vehicle Delay' Myth

By Melanie Curry | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments

And Caltrans will host a webinar tomorrow, open to all, to discuss "Rethinking How We Build So Californians Can Drive Less."

The map represents the decrease in vehicle miles traveled, comparing March 27 to a similar day two months earlier. Data: StreetLight

DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.

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