2018 Light Michigan Transportation 
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DECEMBER 2, 2019
This article is the latest in a series that examines recent changes in various aspects of road transportation in the United States. The period covered is 1984 through 2018. from 2013 to 2018 (from 8,472 miles to 8,855 miles). population). Earlier post. ) Several of the latter values were recently updated.) An increase of 4.5%
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MARCH 11, 2020
This analysis adds new calculations for 2018. The calculations used the total numbers of light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) from the Federal Highway Administration and the resident populations from ProQuest. by 2018 (to 0.767 vehicles). In the previous analysis , I examined the data from 1984 through 2017.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The energy intensity of a transportation mode is calculated by dividing the amount of fuel used by the number of passenger miles traveled and converting the result into a common measure—Btu (British thermal units) per passenger mile traveled. The flying data are for domestic operations of U.S. certificated air carriers.
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DECEMBER 8, 2021
Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.
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JANUARY 27, 2020
The years examined were 1993 through 2018. I documented recent changes in distance traveled per person for cars and light trucks in the United States in a study published last month.). Department for Transport (distances traveled) and the U.K. A modest increase (rebound) between 2013 and 2018. Because British and U.S.
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JULY 17, 2020
The raw data for the analysis came from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles flown on all scheduled domestic flights) and the Federal Highway Administration (vehicle miles traveled). Thus, this measure also includes travel for road-based freight transport and road-based public transport.
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APRIL 18, 2018
According to one tally , as of late January 2018, 67 environmental rules were on their way out, with the EPA involved in nearly one-third of the reversals. Transportation currently accounts for 29% of all U.S. Just the opposite tends to be the case with the current EPA. greenhouse gas emissions (up from 24% in 1990). (In
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