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

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Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average time spent traveling per day for all persons in connection with purchasing goods and services. Average time spent traveling per day for all persons in connection with purchasing goods and services. The data used are for persons 15 years of age and older, and they apply to all days of the week.

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Distances traveled on the road and in the air: 1970-2015

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Furthermore, the focus here is not on total distances but on distances per person, because the U.S. The calculated average passenger-distances traveled per person are shown in the table below, along with the average occupancy rates from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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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. statistics segment road vehicles differently, the data are for all road vehicles. statistics segment road vehicles differently, the data are for all road vehicles. (I The years examined were 1993 through 2018.

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CMU-led study finds that when Uber and Lyft enter cities, vehicle ownership increases

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The study found no statistically significant average effect of TNC entry on fuel economy or transit use but did find evidence of heterogeneity in these effects across urban areas, including larger transit ridership reductions after TNC entry in areas with higher income and more childless households.

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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. This represents an estimated increase of about 7.2% as compared to the 36,096 fatalities reported 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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Based on average mpg and miles driven, a person owning a gasoline vehicle pays between $141 and $398 in fuel taxes each year, depending upon the state in which the fuel is purchased. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2017, Table VM-1; and tax data by state from the U.S.

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Transportation accounted for 8.8% of all US Gross Domestic Product in 2017

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“Other” includes all other categories, e.g., entertainment, personal care products and services, and payments to pension plans. Source: US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics. Adjusted by the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator.

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