Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: does this make sense, FHWA, say huh, vehicle miles traveled, Vmt, x axis
Notice anything weird about this VMT chart (other than its unusual downward trend that is)? I never noticed it before..
via http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/travel_monitoring/13jantvt/index.cfm
[Mexico vs. USA en vivo ahora..]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: california, car culture, FHA, Gloria, Hecox, mode share, National Household Travel Survey, patterns of use, San Diego, transportation, trip distance, vehicle trips, Vmt, Voice of San Diego
Saw this first at http://www.cyclelicio.us
The new definition of 40%.
The 2009 study [National Household Travel Survey] showed 40 percent of trips recorded by more than 300,000 participants were two miles or less.
The statistic incorporated all forms of transportation — cars, bicycles, subways and more, said Doug Hecox, a spokesman for the Federal Highway Administration.
[…]
If one simply focuses on car trips, the percentage of short trips increases significantly.
According to the research, 69.1 percent of trips were two miles or less, Hecox said.
via Driving When You Could Bike: Fact Check – Voice of San Diego: San Diego Fact Check.
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