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Wyoming leads in vehicle miles traveled per person

Green Car Congress

Because total VMT depends, in part, on the size of the population, of interest in this study was the variation among the states in vehicle miles traveled per person (VMT per person). The results show that VMT per person in 2018 ranged from 18,072 miles in Wyoming to 5,261 miles in the District of Columbia. Census Bureau.

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Distance driven per person is still down from its maximum in 2004

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This article is the latest in a series that examines recent changes in various aspects of road transportation in the United States. The focus here is on distance driven per person as opposed to total distance driven (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. by Michael Sivak. population). Earlier post. )

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Ricardo to use transport location data to improve air quality in global cities

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Ricardo has won a national competition to demonstrate the benefits that transport location data can have on urban air quality. Ricardo will also develop a simulation approach to offer an evaluation on future mobility systems: from electrified or zero-emission buses on prescribed routes through to single-person autonomous electric vehicles.

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Number of vehicles per person is still down from its maximum in 2006

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The focus in this series is on vehicles per person, as opposed to total number of vehicles (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% In comparison, distance driven per person is down by 4.9%

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World Car Person of the Year — Stella Li

CleanTechnica EVs

She’s the second most famous person at BYD, and she has been the leader of the company outside of China for several years. continued] The post World Car Person of the Year Stella Li appeared first on CleanTechnica. If you follow the electric vehicle industry, you should know who Stella Li is.

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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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Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure

Clean Fleet Report

I could carry four people in a pinch and even transport an upright bass if I positioned it perfectly. Bolty, fresh off the truck One day, I got the call Id been waiting formy Bolt was being offloaded from the transporter. The post Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. feet of cargo capacity.