Sentences with phrase «vehicle miles traveled»

Indeed, American drivers set new standards last year, crushing records for total vehicle miles traveled in 2015.

It could reduce vehicle miles traveled by 30 percent by 2050, other studies have found.

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

For fuel taxes, we first distributed statewide vehicle miles traveled down to the city level using the number of vehicles in each county.

In 2015, a noticeable uptick in emissions may be attributable to a recovering economy or an increase in overall vehicle miles traveled.

If vehicle miles traveled are going to rise so dramatically, by almost one trillion miles, why is so little thought given to congestion and the waste energy it causes?

By executive order from the governor, the department has been told to look at strategies for reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gases.

For fuel taxes, we first distributed statewide vehicle miles traveled down to the county level using the number of vehicles in each county.

Per vehicle mile traveled in 2010, motorcyclists were about 30 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and 5 times more likely to be injured.

That gives me a number of vehicle miles traveled of 1.17 billion.

Like other proposed funding solutions, including the tax on vehicle miles traveled, highway tolls are controversial, especially in the parts of the state most likely to be impacted by tolls.

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.

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.

As far back as 1991, Oregon's land use agency mandated that regional and local transportation system plans demonstrate their ability to slash per capita vehicle miles traveled by 20 percent within 20 years.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the latest vehicle mile travel data shows that motorcyclists are about 27 times as likely as passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle crash and 6 times as likely to be injured.

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.

Emissions across nearly all sectors grew in 2013, with increased GHG emissions from electricity generation, more vehicle miles traveled on the nation's roadways and greater industrial production, according to the EPA.

The new analysis, led by former UW civil and environmental engineering graduate student Jordan Toy, compares carbon dioxide emissions and vehicle miles traveled from drone and truck deliveries in 10 different, real - world scenarios in Los Angeles.

Sivak also found the number of vehicle miles traveled peaked in 2004 and declined 5 to 9 percent per person, per licensed driver, per household and per registered vehicle by 2011 (ClimateWire, July 29).

Several alternative scenarios are evaluated, ranging from historic trends to a «Climate Sensitive Transportation Management» (CSTM) policy that would seek to stabilize U.S. vehicle miles traveled (VMT) at projected 2010 levels through 2050.

VMT [vehicle miles traveled] were going up every year.

The number was 24 motor vehicle deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled when it was first calculated in 1921.

Average vehicle miles traveled: A ratio estimate defined as total miles traveled by all vehicles, divided by: (1) the total number of vehicles (for average miles traveled per vehicle) or (2) the total number of households (for average miles traveled per household).

Federal law directing increases in fuel economy became necessary because oil consumption had been steadily escalating, in large part due to the relative stagnation in CAFE standards, the doubling of annual vehicle miles traveled in the previous 25 years, and a sizable increase in the market share of less efficient SUVs and light trucks.

More impressive is that the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled declined to its lowest point in history.

With more than 1.7 Million daily motor vehicle miles traveled in Pasadena each day, accidents are inevitable.

But vehicle miles traveled expanded by 500 percent.

In 2013, motorcyclists were about 26 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash per vehicle mile traveled and five times more likely to be injured.

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.

Total vehicle miles traveled in the US increased 1.2 % in 2017 (Figure 3).

Vehicle miles traveled rose to a record high during June.

In 2008, the Washington state legislature passed a bill, which was signed by the governor, that called for reducing vehicle miles traveled 18 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050.

The slowing of per - capita vehicle miles traveled (VMT).

For fuel taxes, we first distributed statewide vehicle miles traveled down to the city level using the number of vehicles in each county.

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.

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.

The United States suffers a death on the roads about once every 100 million vehicle miles traveled, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Longer - term, IHS Markit estimates that vehicle miles travelled will grow to an all - time high of 11 billion per year by 2040, which represents a 65 % increase since 2017.

There are proposals for a vehicle miles traveled tax, a gas tax and a millionaire's tax.

For its part, the Citizens Budget Commission endorsed two ideas, unequally: a vehicle miles traveled tax and a congestion pricing plan called Move NY.

The commission considers both congestion pricing and a vehicle miles traveled tax preferable to a higher gas tax or a higher vehicle registration fee, neither of which it believes would raise the necessary cash.

The analysis also assumed that drones could carry only one package at a time and would return to a depot after each delivery — requiring far more back - and - forth and vehicle miles traveled than for an equivalent truck route.

In the long run, the United States should shift its road infrastructure funding away from gasoline taxes to an alternative system that should be, as most research suggests, based on vehicle miles traveled, according to the paper.

Regulations were expected to improve vehicle efficiency; the surprise is in the corresponding drop in vehicle miles traveled.

Reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is the most effective way to lower emissions, and transportation pricing is the best way to reduce VMT, said Burbank.

The gradual development of car alternatives has translated into a freeze on vehicle miles traveled and tailpipe emissions in the metro area over the past decade, according to data from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG).