Travel behavior is changing remarkably, as evidenced by the federal government's tracking of
total vehicle miles traveled, which has been declining since 2006.
Indeed, American drivers set new standards last year, crushing records for
total vehicle miles traveled in 2015.
Total vehicle miles traveled in the US increased 1.2 % in 2017 (Figure 3).
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.
Not exact matches
Since 1970, the
total emissions of the six criteria pollutants have declined by 68 percent, even though energy consumption has increased by 45 percent,
vehicle miles traveled have increased by 167 percent, and the economy has grown by 212 percent.
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.
Motorcyclist fatalities account for 14 % of
total crash fatalities, and per
vehicle mile traveled, bikers are about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash and 9 times more likely to be injured.