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Younger persons are still less likely to have a driver’s license than in the 1980s

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Since 2011 , I have periodically examined changes in the proportion of persons with a driver’s license as a function of age. The results showed that between 1983 and 2014 there was a substantial decrease in the licensing of younger persons, with an increase in the licensing of older persons. for those 50 to 54.

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Further reduction in licensing of young drivers during the pandemic

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In 2011 , Brandon Schoettle and I documented the fact that, during the 25-year period from 1983 to 2008, there was a large reduction in the proportion of young persons with a driver’s license, and an increase in the licensing of older persons. For example, while in 2019, 70.9% in 2019 to 84.6%

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Comparing pandemic-related reductions in driving and flying in January

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The latest population-adjusted data in my monitoring currently include October 2020 information for domestic flying (down 62% from October 2019), riding the train (down 70%), and taking public transit (down 62%), and November 2020 information for driving by all vehicles (down 12% from November 2019). Change from 2019 to 2021.

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Recent changes in the price of gasoline and in the amount of driving

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The main such variables are currently the course of the pandemic, and our complex personal and societal reactions to it (e.g., in April 2020 compared with pre-pandemic April 2019. Changes compared with the same week of 2019 (%). changes in telecommuting and online shopping). Price of gasoline. Amount of driving. 1/3-1/9, 2022.

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TNGA-based 2019 Toyota Avalon features new hybrid system

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Calty) in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Toyota Motor North America Research and Development (TMNA R&D) in Saline, Michigan; and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. Underpinned by the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) K Sedan platform, the 2019 Avalon is powered by two new TNGA powertrains: a punchy 3.5-liter Drive personality.

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Diesel and gasoline prices drop in early 2020, but diesel drops substantially less

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While personal driving (which uses primarily gasoline) is down greatly because of various stay-at-home mandates, commercial truck transport (which uses primarily diesel) has been substantially less affected. It is typical to see an increase in the price of gasoline in warmer weather due to an increase in personal driving.)

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Flying declined substantially more than driving during the current pandemic

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In this brief note, I examine the distances traveled by flying and driving in the United States in March and April 2020—the first two months of the current pandemic—and compare them with the corresponding distances in March and April 2019. Two caveats are in order.