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Traffic volume on rural and urban roads in the United States: 1991-2016

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This analysis was conducted to examine changes in traffic volume on rural and urban roads in the United States from 1991 through 2016. This decline is due primarily to the ongoing urbanization of the United States. by Michael Sivak. The total number of lane miles—rural plus urban— increased by 8% from 1991 through 2016.).

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Production of crude oil as a percentage of proved reserves: Recent worldwide and US trends

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In this analysis, I examined the relation between crude-oil production and crude-oil reserves in the world overall and in the United States alone. From 1980 to 2020, proved reserves of crude oil increased by 158% in the world, compared with an increase of 51% in the United States. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Consumption per capita.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. Vijay Vittal Employer Arizona State University, in Tempe Title Regents professor of electrical, computer, and energy engineering Member grade Life Fellow Alma mater B.M.S. in EE at Iowa State University , in Ames.

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Relationship between distance driven and economic activity: 1946-2017

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This is the latest in my series of analyses on the relationship between road transportation and economic activity in the United States. from 2000 to 2017. in 2000 to 0.7% in 2000 to 8.9% by Michael Sivak. For each year from 1946 through 2017, distance driven by all vehicles was obtained from the U.S.

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Physics Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer Dies at 95

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Herbert Kroemer Nobel Laureate Life Fellow, 95; died 8 March Kroemer, a pioneering physicist, is a Nobel laureate, receiving the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures for high-speed and opto-electronics. As an undergraduate student at Monmouth University , in West Long Branch, N.J., Vladimir G.

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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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A new open-access study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) below the legal limit of 0.08% accounted for 15% of alcohol-involved crash deaths in the United States. Lira et al.

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