Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2008, 2021, CO2, COVID, driving, emissions, energy demand, FHA, October 2021, oil consumption, pandemic, post-pandemic, trends, Vmt
United States, FHA. Cra-a-a-zy.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2020, driving, fatalities per mile traveled, fatality rate, motoring, NHTSA, nsc, traffic fatalities, US transportation, vehicle miles traveled
That’s strikingly bad. Total fatalities up 8% over 2019, while fatality rate per vmt rose 24% by one estimate.
Source: Driving Was Down In 2020, But Traffic Fatality Rates Surged : NPR
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Americans, climate change, driving, energy, energy consumption, gas prices, pollution, transportation, USA, vehicle miles traveled, Vmt
After a few years of sweet reversal of the VMT (Vehicle Miles Traveled) chart, then a few years of bouncing along what looked like a New Normal, things have turned around in a big way. Cheap gas being the primary culprit. Back to our old ways just like that, and making up for lost time.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/travel_monitoring/15augtvt/figure1.cfm
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: demographics, driving, miles traveled, miles traveled graph, Peak Driving, peak oil, transportation, travel, Vmt
Continuation of recent trend suggesting American driving may have peaked.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/travel_monitoring/14martvt/figure1.cfm
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, driving, energy, gasoline consumption, Great Recession, transportation, Vmt
Just like everywhere else…
DENVER – A new report from the Colorado Public Interest Research Foundations shows Coloradans have cut their per-person driving miles by 11.4 percent since 2005.
via Report: Double-digit drop in driving in Colorado | 9news.com.
Since 2005. But is it headed back up compared to last year?
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: baby boomers, driving, oil consumption, The Least Greatest Generation, transportatioin, Vmt
Meanwhile, The Least Greatest Generation drives more.
Indeed, young people don’t seem that interested in driving. Just 79 percent of people between 20 and 24 had a driver’s license in 2011, compared with 92 percent in 1983, according to the Michigan study.
Conversely, the oldest boomers are trooping down to the Department of Motor Vehicles in growing numbers to remain licensed to drive. Almost 93 percent of those age 60 to 64 had a driver’s license in 2011, up from 84 percent in 1983.
via Boomers Replace Their Children as No. 1 Market for Autos – Bloomberg.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Brent, driving, oil prices, peak oil, vehicle miles traveled, Vmt
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1987-2012
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cost per mile, driving, driving in the United States, motoring, operating costs, transportation
via http://www.automotive-fleet.com/Statistics/Default.aspx?prestitial=1
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: consumption, driving, energy, energy consumption, transportation, Vmt, young drivers
Thought update: Decline in teen driving could very well be the big reason behind the decline in road fatalities in the US, which has gone begging for a proper explanation. As the average US driver ages, the driving population also becomes much safer — just like the cycling population. (Very old drivers are probably more likely than teen drivers to crash, however.)
http://ur.umich.edu/1112/Dec05_11/2933-fewer-young-but
But there are more fogies on the roads.
Industrialized Cyclist Notepad 