Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2019
The focus here is on distance driven per person as opposed to total distance driven (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings concerning distance driven per person (summarized in the table below) are as follows: An increase of 40.9% from 1984 to 2004 (from 6,612 miles to 9,314 miles).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
The focus here is on distance driven per person and per household, as opposed to the absolute distance driven (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The chart below shows the distance-driven rates per person and per household. from 1984 to 2004 (from 6,612 miles to 9,314 miles), then decreased by 9.1%
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 16, 2013
Based on the present data, his best estimates of the current annual fuel-consumption rates are: 398 gallons (1,507 liters) per person, 585 gallons (2,214 liters) per licensed driver, 1,033 gallons (3,910 liters) per household, and 530 gallons (2,006 liters) per registered vehicle. Fuel consumed per person. 2003 to 2004. -13%
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2019
Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. While this rate has been on a rebound since 2013, the 2017 rate is still down from 2004 by 5.2%. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. population).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2020
Vehicle distance traveled per person in Great Britain is currently about one-half of the distance in the United States. I documented recent changes in distance traveled per person for cars and light trucks in the United States in a study published last month.). decrease from the peak in 2004 to 2013. Because British and U.S.
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2013
Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute together suggest that the US now has—per person, per driver, and per household—fewer light-duty vehicles and that they are driven less than a decade ago. —“Has Motorization In The U.S.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 18, 2014
The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily.
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