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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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Vehicle miles traveled. Revenue passenger miles (domestic). Sources of the underlying data: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (sales of cars and light trucks). Louis (sales of cars and light trucks). Federal Highway Administration (vehicle miles traveled). Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index).

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US Public Transit Ridership in 2008 At Highest Level in 52 years; 10.7B Trips

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increase over the number of trips taken in 2007 on public transportation, while at the same time, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) declined by 3.6% Major increases by large bus agencies occurred in the following cities: Phoenix (11.5%); San Antonio (10.2%); San Diego (10.0%); St. Louis (8.9%); Baltimore (8.7%); and Denver (8.6%).

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US total VMT hits historic high in first half of year; VMT per capita trending upward, but below 2005 peak

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trillion miles in the first half of 2015, beating the previous record of 1.5 trillion miles, set in June 2007. billion miles were driven last June, the most ever in June of any year and the highest VMT (vehicle miles traveled) for the first half of any year. billion miles, a 3.4% increase—8.7

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