Sentences with phrase «as vehicle miles traveled»

The combination of cleaner gasoline and diesel fuels, modernized equipment and facilities and more fuel - efficient vehicles has helped reduce U.S. air pollutants by 70 percent between 1970 and 2014 even as vehicle miles traveled increased by more than 174 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

This has helped reduce U.S. air pollutants by 71 percent between 1970 and 2015, even as vehicle miles traveled increased by 184 percent, EPA says.

«[T] hanks to our nation's world class refineries, which produce cleaner gasoline and diesel fuels, in combination with more fuel - efficient vehicles, U.S. air pollutants have fallen by 70 percent since 1970, even as vehicle miles travelled have increased by more than 180 percent.

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Some studies claim that for every 10 % increase in capacity, there is a 9 % increase in vehicle miles travelled four years after expansion, as drivers who previously parked their cars take to the roads.

«Travel on all roads and streets changed by -0.1 % -LRB--0.2 billion vehicle miles) for February 2018 as compared with February 2017.

The project consists of the development, design, finance, construction, maintenance and operation of 29.4 miles of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) / High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes along I - 95 and I - 395 which will provide congestion relief and trip time reliability to auto and transit users travelling to and from major employment centers in Northern Virginia, such as Tysons Corner and Washington, D.C., and five major military sites.

IRVINE, Calif., May 1, 2018 — Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced that the company will act as the Official Vehicle provider of the 35th Annual «One Lap of America» race, which starts Saturday, May 5, in South Bend, Indiana, and travels 3,716 miles across 12 states before returning to South Bend on Saturday, May 12.

Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced that the company will act as the Official Vehicle provider of the 35th Annual «One Lap of America» race, which starts Saturday, May 5, in South Bend, Indiana, and travels 3,716 miles across 12 states before returning to South Bend on Saturday, May 12.

GENERAL Vehicle / model: ’17 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk 4x4 Base price: $ 43,095 Price as tested: $ 53,515 Options as tested: Customer Preferred Package 28J ($ 2,695), Jeep Active Safety Group ($ 1,495), 5.7 L Hemi V - 8 ($ 3,295), Rock Rails ($ 895), Uconnect 8.4 NAV ($ 450), Blind Spot and Cross Path Detection ($ 595), Destination Charge ($ 995) ENGINE Type: Chrysler 16 - valve V - 8 Displacement (ci / liter): 345/5.7 Bore x stroke (in): 3.92 x3.58 Compression ratio -LRB-: 1): 10.5 Intake / FI: Naturally aspirated, sequential multi-port electronic Mfg.'s power rating @ rpm (hp): 360 @ 5,150 Mfg.'s torque rating @ rpm (lb - ft): 390 @ 4,250 Mfg.'s suggested fuel type: Midrange unleaded recommended; regular unleaded acceptable DRIVETRAIN Transmission: ZF 845RE 8 - spd automatic Ratios -LRB-: 1): First 4.71 Second 3.14 Third 2.11 Fourth 1.67 Fifth 1.29 Sixth 1.00 Seventh 0.84 Eighth 0.67 Reverse 3.30 Axle ratio -LRB-: 1): 3.09 Transfer case: MP 3022 2 - spd Low - range ratio -LRB-: 1): 2.72 Crawl ratio -LRB-: 1): 39.6 FRAME / BODY Frame: Steel unibody Body: Steel SUSPENSION / AXLES Front: Short - and long - arm independent, coil springs, twin - tube coilover shocks, steel upper - and aluminum lower - control arms, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in Rear: Multi-link, coil springs, twin - tube shocks (with load leveling for towing), aluminum lower control arm, independent upper links plus a separate toe link, stabilizer bar / ZF 7.7 - in STEERING Type: Electric rack - and - pinion Turns (lock - to - lock): 3.2 Ratio -LRB-: 1): 16.7 BRAKES Front: 13.8x1.3 - in vented disc, two - piston caliper Rear: 13.0x0.9 - in vented disc, single - piston caliper ABS: Four - wheel WHEELS / TIRES Wheels (in): 18x8.0 Tires: P265 / 60R18 Goodyear Wrangler All - Terrain Adventure with Kevlar FUEL ECONOMY EPA city / highway: 14/22 Observed city / highway / trail: 15.7 DIMENSIONS / CAPACITIES Weight (lb): 5,154 Wheelbase (in): 114.8 Overall length (in): 189.8 Overall width (in): 76.5 (84.8 w / mirrors) Height (in): 69.3 Track f / r (in): 63.9 / 64.1 Minimum ground clearance (in): 8.2 (standard height), 10.4 (suspension position # 2) Turning diameter, curb - to - curb (ft): 37.1 Approach / departure angles (deg): 26.2 (standard height) 36.1 (suspension position # 2, air dam off) / 24.0 (standard suspension), 27.1 (air suspension position # 2) Breakover angle (deg): 18.2 (standard height), 22.8 (suspension position # 2) GVWR (lb): 6,800 Payload (lb): 1,190 Maximum towing capacity (lb): 7,200 Seating: 5 Fuel capacity (gal): 24.6 PERFORMANCE 0 - 60 mph (sec): 7.3 Quarter - mile (sec @ mph): 15.6 @ 90.9 Braking 60 - 0 mph (ft): 132.8 Ramp Travel Index (20 - deg, points): 375

It also allows you to manage in - vehicle destinations and reassures overprotective owners with warnings such as the speed alert and a valet alert, which notifies you if the car travels more than 0.2 mile away.

87 miles of driving are available on a full charge with the 500e, and as an added bonus Fiat offers a rental vehicle program for owners who occasionally need to travel farther than their 500e's battery will allow.

The 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug - in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is expected to travel up to 22 miles (35 km) on electric power and can recharge in as little as two and a half hours with a Level 2 charger.

Kia Certified Pre-Owned vehicles come with industry leading benefits such as 10yr / 100, 000 mile Certified Pre-Owned Limited Powertrain Warranty, 12month / 12, 000 mile Platinum Coverage, Towing / Rental / Travel Breakdown Coverage, 150 - Point Quality Assurance Inspection, Free Autocheck Vehicle History Report, & 10 - Year Unlimited Mileage 24 - Hour Roadside Assistance.

With these travel miles credit cards, you can redeem points / miles with various airlines and hotel chains and often for other kinds of travel expenses such as vehicle rentals.

Many redemption options: You can redeem your miles for a wide variety of travel purchases such as hotel stays, flights, cruises, vehicle rentals, and vacation packages, pretty much any travel expense that is charged to this card.

[2] In 1975, he created the fully operational B - Car, a lightweight four - wheeled vehicle that he described as being «able to travel 100 miles per hour and achieve 100 miles per gallon» (160 km / h and 43 km / l).

For example, we can look at household driving patterns: While total vehicle miles traveled have increased 16 percent between 1991 and 2001, there is no evidence that owners of hybrid vehicles drove twice as much just because their cars were twice as efficient.

Dear Pablo: I have read time and again that an all - electric vehicle can use as little as one dollar's worth of electricity to travel 100 miles.

By 2030, within 10 years of regulatory approval of autonomous vehicles (AVs), 95 % of U.S. passenger miles traveled will be served by on - demand autonomous electric vehicles owned by fleets, not individuals, in a new business model we call «transport - as - a-service» (TaaS).

The December STEO expects that gasoline prices in 2015 will be 23 % lower than the 2014 average, and consumption in December will be virtually unchanged from year - earlier levels, as increased fuel economy balances out increases in vehicle miles traveled in response to lower prices and other factors.

People respond quickly and immediately to price signals as I have learned from Zipcar (where people reduce the vehicle miles they travel by as much as 45 % because they decide that it simply isn't worth $ 8 - $ 10 / hour to go buy some ice cream or return the video).

California and the federal government also have policies to improve vehicle efficiencies and to reduce vehicle miles traveled in efforts to achieve 2050 greenhouse gas reduction targets of 80 percent below 1990 levels as directed in the Governor's Executive Order S -3-05.

It includes major support for R&D for both radical new clean technologies like vehicle batteries that travel 500 miles or more on a single charge as well as includes steady incremental improvements in existing designs like on - shore wind turbines.

Even as gas prices have doubled or tripled in the last few years, we have seen people make choices to drive smaller cars, we have seen no decrease in the rate of increase in vehicle miles travelled.

The film, shot in Montevideo, Minnesota, cost about $ 1 million to make and $ 15,000 to offset the 8,000 tons of carbon produced as a result; included in the cost is the report of «every mile driven by every vehicle, every gas receipt... every airline ticket, every actor who traveled, every pound of film,» that contributed to the film's carbon footprint.

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the PUMA's «car - like traits» - an enclosed compartment and the ability to travel up to 35 miles per hour - will help make the vehicle, due in 2012, more popular, GM believes.

«The new ride services, known as transportation network companies, or TNC's, last year caused a net increase of 600 million vehicle miles traveled in the five boroughs — a 3 to 4 percent jump in citywide traffic.»

The car equipped with BYD's batteries can travel as long as 100 miles after one charge, much longer than the 25 - mile duel model vehicles offered by other automakers.

These vehicles can often travel at speeds over 50 miles per hour, and may way as much as 700 pounds, making them very difficult operate.

Such a significant increase could be the result of the coinciding increase in the total number of vehicle miles that were traveled between January and September of 2012 as compared to 2011.

According to the program, if the same number of kids who walked to school today was the same as the number of kids who walked to school in 1969, our country could cut more than 3 billion vehicles miles traveled every year.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA), the latest vehicle mile travel data shows that motorcyclists are 27 times as likely to be killed in an accident as car occupants, and 6 times as likely to be injured.

For example, if a motorist who shifts to distance - based insurance with 10 cents per vehicle - mile premiums responds by reducing their vehicle travel 10 %, or 1,200 annual vehicle - miles, as models predict, we can surmise that these miles foregone have an incremental value to that motorist ranging between 0 cents and 10 cents.

Going to meetings, worksites, or conferences can add a lot of miles to your vehicle quickly, but as long as you're traveling for work you can write those off using either the actual expense or the standard mileage to offset the wear and tear.

These decreases come as the state found an increase of practically 1 % in the absolute amount of vehicle miles traveled, which suggests that although Louisiana's drivers are taking to the routes more commonly, they're becoming better, safer drivers.

Details such as the type of cargo that your freight truck carries, the number of average miles that your construction vehicle travels, and whether or not your company transports passengers can all play a role in the cost you're quoted for Fort Worth commercial auto insurance.

Other than a brief blip in the late 1970s, the number of vehicle miles traveled rose more than 3 percent a year starting in the mid-1970s, gaining as much as 3.6 percent during the early 1990s, according to government figures.

Travel behavior is changing remarkably, as evidenced by the federal government's tracking of total vehicle miles traveled, which has been declining since 2006.