The Dow Jones
Transportation Average dropped 1.9 percent, the most in two weeks, for a second day of losses.
Not exact matches
Since making new highs last year, the Dow Jones Industrial
Average is down 12.8 %; the Standard & Poor's 500 Index has declined 12.5 %; the Nasdaq Composite Index has
dropped 16.9 %; and the Dow Jones
Transportation Average, since December 29, 2014, has plummeted 23.5 %.
According to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan
Transportation Research Institute, if every American were to drive a car that gets 31 mpg, instead of the current
average of 21.4 mpg, total U.S. carbon emissions would
drop by 5 percent.
But, for now, if you are interesting in looking at or playing with some numbers, below are estimated
average savings in 20 large cities for an individual in a two - person household who decides to
drop the car and take public
transportation.