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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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Sources of the underlying data: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (sales of cars and light trucks). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles). Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index). Energy Information Administration (price of gasoline). Census Bureau (population).

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5 pollution—even at levels deemed safe—to an increased risk of diabetes globally.

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Study: no one knows which city has the highest concentration of PM2.5

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Efforts to fill in monitoring gaps with estimates from satellite remote sensing, chemical transport modeling, and statistical models have biases at individual monitor locations that can exceed 50??g?m Chemical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and lead author. monitor is 220?km,

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WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

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A team at the University of Washington in St Louis has now measured simultaneous real-time particulate matter (particle numbers, lung-deposited surface area, PM 2.5 , particle number size distributions) and CO concentrations outside and in-cabin of an on-road car during regular commutes to and from work. Earlier post.).

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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Vital statistics Name Magnus George Craford Date of birth Dec. Soon, in 1974, he was bumped up again to technology director, and moved from Monsanto’s corporate headquarters in St. Louis to its electronics division headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Louis, and St. But moving back to St. Peters, Mo.

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

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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%). APTA Public Transportation Ridership Statistics Demand response (paratransit) increased in 2008 by 5.9%.

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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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However, on a per capita basis (non-institutional population), VMT, although it has been trending upward for the last year on a 12-month moving average, is still below its peak in June 2005, according to the Federal Reserve Economic Data ( FRED ) database from the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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