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Millennials Will Drive More As They Age, But Still Less Than Their Parents
At some point over the past few years, a lot of my friends started moving to Silver Spring and Takoma Park and Falls Church. These inner-ring, transit-connected suburbs of DC are still far less compact and walkable than the neighborhoods my friends moved from. So they bought cars.
May 14, 2013
U.S. PIRG: The Driving Boom Is Over But the Road-Building Binge Continues
The driving boom is over.
May 14, 2013
How Green Is Grocery Delivery in Cities?
In a recent study out of Seattle, researchers Erica Wygonik and Anne Goodchild found that having groceries delivered by truck can cut mileage by up to 85 or 95 percent compared to driving a car. "It's like a bus for groceries," Goodchild told NPR. "Overwhelmingly, it's more efficient to be sharing a vehicle, even if it's a little larger."
May 10, 2013
Where Is the Bottom? Americans Continue to Drive Less and Less
The downward slide continues.
April 23, 2013
Streetfacts: Americans Are Driving Less
We continue our Streetfacts series by looking at the data on driving in the U.S. Per-capita driving has declined every year since 2005. That's not a blip, it's now an 8-year trend.
April 3, 2013
How Much Driving Is Avoided When Someone Rides a Bike?
If Jane Doe rides her bike a mile to the post office and then back home, is it fair to assume she just avoided two miles of driving? And can we then assume that she prevented 2.2 pounds of carbon dioxide from being emitted?
March 29, 2013
For Eighth Year in a Row, the Average American Drove Fewer Miles in 2012
For decades -- through the rise of the two-car household, women entering the workforce, the growth of the exurbs -- Americans reliably put more miles on their cars every year.
February 27, 2013
NSC: 36,200 Americans Killed in Traffic in 2012, First Increase in 7 Years
After seven years of declines, traffic deaths in America rose again in 2012, according to a preliminary estimate by the National Safety Council.
February 21, 2013
Quick Hits From U.S. DOT’s TRB Panel
We've had a busy two weeks since the Transportation Research Board conference, and one thing that’s slipped through the cracks is passing on a few tidbits that came at the end of the TRB panel of U.S. DOT officials on January 16.
February 1, 2013
GAO: Mileage Fee Could Be More “Equitable and Efficient” Than Gas Tax
While governors debate raising (or eliminating) their states' gas taxes, buzz is building about mileage-based fees, or a vehicle-miles-traveled charge. A House provision to ban U.S. DOT from studying such a fee has gone away (along with its sponsor), while Rep. Earl Blumenauer is trying to get the Treasury Department to look into how it could work. And a new report from the Government Accountability Office says that would be a good idea.
January 14, 2013