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Average annual highway vehicle miles traveled per capita varies by state

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On a per-capita basis, the number of vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) on the nation’s roads varies from a low of 5,300 annual miles in the District of Columbia to 16,900 annual miles in Wyoming. Census Bureau, “State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2018,” accessed October 15, 2019. Resident population – U.S.

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2020 Thanksgiving week gasoline consumption in US lowest since 1997

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Year-on-year comparisons are even more significant at the regional level, with some regions seeing declines of 20% or more from Thanksgiving Week 2019. New Jersey is the hardest hit state, with gasoline volumes plunging by nearly 30% from 2019. Data within the OPIS report shows considerable variation across the country.

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Senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost production, use of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel

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Wyoming is already a leading producer of renewable diesel and is expected to produce a lot more in the near future. In California, use of renewable diesel has grown by 528% between 2013 and 2019. In 2019, it displaced 618 million gallons of conventional diesel.

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USBR cuts 613,000 acre-feet of water from Colorado River users; Lake Mead to operate in Shortage Condition 1 for 1st time

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The Colorado River is a critical resource in the US West because seven basin states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming—depend on it for water supply, hydropower production, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and other benefits.

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, which covers Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; many of them home to abundant wind resources and wind energy projects. trafficIf about 13% of the existing light-duty vehicle stock (about 2.1 GW could be provided by the electric vehicles.

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States with the highest and lowest truck traffic on interstate highways

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The data are for 2019. The 2019 data presented in this analysis somewhat underestimate the percentage of current truck traffic. Specifically, truck traffic in 2021 is generally higher than in 2019, while passenger-vehicle traffic is still down. There are no rural interstates in the District of Columbia and Delaware.).

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Who is driving less? Democrats or Republicans?

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compared with March 2019. in Wyoming. Second, in both states on the two extremes of the decrease in VMT ( Vermont and Wyoming ) rural driving dominates urban driving. However, the decrease in VMT varied widely by states, ranging from 26.0% in Vermont to 8.7% First, VMT in March on urban roads decreased by 19.3%