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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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Vehicle distance traveled per person in Great Britain is currently about one-half of the distance in the United States. 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.).

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Wyoming leads in vehicle miles traveled per person

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Total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by all vehicles in the United States vary greatly across the individual states. The latest annual data from the Federal Highway Administration show that in 2018 the maximum (348,796 million miles in California) was 94.5 The data apply to 2018. Census Bureau.

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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. The period covered is 1984 through 2018.

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Number of vehicles per person is still down from its maximum in 2006

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This is my latest update on the recent changes in the number of registered vehicles in the United States. This analysis adds new calculations for 2018. The focus in this series is on vehicles per person, as opposed to total number of vehicles (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S.

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Tesla receives mind-blowing interior ‘personalization system’ patent

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Tesla has received a patent for an incredible new “personalization system,” which could make its vehicles more accessible and comfortable than ever before. The system uses the car’s interior camera system to identify occupants, approximate their size, and personalize settings to optimize comfort and ease of use.

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NACTO: 84M shared bike and scooter trips in US in 2018

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The deployment of micromobility sharing services (bikes and scooters) has expanded rapidly in cities across the United States. million in 2018. Shared scooter trips were added to the NACTO study in 2018. million shared scooter trips in 2018, representing 46% of the 84 million shared micromobility trips taken last year.

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GHSA projects that drivers killed more than 7500 pedestrians in 2022; most since 1981

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Drivers struck and killed at least 7,508 people walking in the United States in 2022—the most pedestrian deaths since 1981— according to a new report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA).