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Distance driven per person is still down from its maximum in 2004

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This article is the latest in a series that examines recent changes in various aspects of road transportation in the United States. 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. by Michael Sivak. population).

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Distance driven in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2004?

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This article is the latest publication in a series examining recent changes in various aspects of motorization in the United States. 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. population).

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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

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In a recent article , I examined changes in distance driven in the United States during the period from 1984 through 2017. 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%. In comparison, distance driven per person is down by 5.2%

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Testing Products for Consumer Reports

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Rerecich, an IEEE member, joined Consumer Reports in 2013 after almost three decades at Standard Microsystems Corp. Her 30-person department specifies tests and develops the scoring and ratings, has roughly 30 people who work closely with the operations people in the lab, where the tests are executed.

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The Craft of Artisanal Computer Manufacturing

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From 2008 to 2013 she lived in Los Angeles, designing equipment for the movie industry, and pioneering global shutter sensor cameras. She has learned to order as many parts as possible as soon as she sees they are available. I’ve experienced where parts were in stock, and I bought just a couple.

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

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The IEEE Life Fellow is credited with working out how best to isolate parts of the power grid to prevent the entire grid from going down. College of Engineering, in Bangalore An article he cowrote that was based on the report received a 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society Prize Paper Award.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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Often a person must walk across a room to retrieve the remote control unit, and frequently it may be misplaced, which, at best, requires extra time and effort to find.” Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology. Obviously, we needed an intervention.

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