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GM, University of Michigan show automated safety features preventing crashes

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General Motors partnered with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute to understand the real-world effectiveness of some of its available active safety, driver assistance, and advanced headlighting features that may prevent or mitigate different types of crashes. The study leveraged 3.7

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CMU/Yale study suggests BEVS could be majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030 given technology trends

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A study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University suggests that BEVs could constitute the majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030, given widespread BEV availability and technology trends. Their open-access paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Safety of flying and driving after the attacks of 9/11 revisited

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This very brief note takes an updated quick look at the latest available data. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.) Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. The raw data came from the U.S.

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

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Calculated vehicle fuel economy is available going back to 1923. However, the starting year of this analysis is 1966 because (1) for 1923 through 1935, fuel-economy information is available only for the entire fleet of all vehicles, and (2) from 1936 through 1965, light trucks were included with other trucks in the relevant statistics.?.

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Does e-commerce affect the amount of travel in the United States?

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Bureau of Labor Statistics. The years analyzed were 2007 and 2017 (the latest available survey year). Given the sizes of the standard errors, none of the three variables of interest showed a statistically significant difference between 2007 and 2017. The data for this analysis came from ATUS—the American Time Use Survey.

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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2017

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Calculated vehicle fuel economy is available going back to 1923. However, the starting year of this analysis is 1966 because (1) for 1923 through 1935, fuel-economy information is available only for the entire fleet of all vehicles, and (2) from 1936 through 1965, light trucks were included with other trucks in the relevant statistics.?.

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TRB releases new report identifying deficiencies impacting e-scooter rider safety

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The report also calls on State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO) to monitor all available data and determine how best to incorporate e-scooters into their behavioral safety plans. Data: Micromobility-involved crashes and injuries are underreported due to the lack of a universal reporting standard.