Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
I'm always interested to read these articles, but the people writing these articles need to stop using statistics like below:
It's been more than 5 years since 2009 (which coincides with the bottom of the recession
) and surely we have newer data -- if the trend for less driving has continued, then the new data will back it up. Otherwise, it starts to look disingenuous.
Just sayin'...
Very good point. We ahve had a couple threads about vehicle miles traveled. You could find links to more recent statistics there. Here is sorta the "classic" graph that is commonly used:
This does show that vmt has leveled off some, but continued to decline until 2014, the latest figures.
--http://www.ssti.us/2014/02/vmt-drops-ninth-year-dots-taking-notice/