Chart of the Day: Total Monthly US Vehicle Miles Traveled

Here’s a chart showing an uptick in driving due to low prices, from this blog about sustainability

Chart showing an increase in total driving in the US

It just shows that price signals do make a big difference, even if total VMT has been below its peak for a decade.

Bill Lindeke

About Bill Lindeke

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Bill Lindeke has writing blogging about sidewalks and cities since 2005, ever since he read Jane Jacobs. He is a lecturer in Urban Studies at the University of Minnesota Geography Department, the Cityscape columnist at Minnpost, and has written multiple books on local urban history. He was born in Minneapolis, but has spent most of his time in St Paul. Check out Twitter @BillLindeke or on Facebook.