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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019

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Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2019. (My Annual statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation were the sources of the information for 1986 through 2019. A minor increase between 2008 and 2019 (from 21.8 total Btu).

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NHTSA estimates 38,680 traffic fatalities in 2020, up 7.2% from 2019 despite 13.2% drop in VMT

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2020 shows that an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. as compared to the 36,096 fatalities reported in 2019. fatalities per 100 million VMT in 2019. billion miles—about a 13.2%

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DOE: Average annual gasoline taxes paid per vehicle, by state, 2019

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mpg driven 11,484 miles in 2019. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2017, Table VM-1; and tax data by state from the U.S. Energy Information Administration website, August 2019. Based on a vehicle with an average fuel economy of 22.3

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Those who flew in 2020 had twice the environmental impact of those in 2019

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All data are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , except that the entry for 2020 is an estimate from the Energy Information Administration. in 2019 to 58.9% In conclusion, the energy intensity per passenger mile flown in 2020 doubled from that in 2019. The flying data are for domestic operations of U.S.

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New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

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million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 There are similar statistics from Europe, Australia, and Japan.

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Nearly half of rail tank cars with Class 3 flammable liquids met new safety standards in 2019

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Nearly half—48%—of rail tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids in 2019 in the US met the new safety requirements, up from 33% in 2018, according to Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2020 Report released today by the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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DOE: number of daily trips taken by Americans in 2021 rebounded from 2020 lows

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Recent data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics presented by the US Department of Energy (DOE) showed that in November of 2021, the number of daily trips taken nationwide exceeded the number of trips taken in late 2019, before the pandemic significantly affected daily travel across the United States.

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