Recent growth of Vehicle Miles of Travel in US occurred on urban roadways

Green Car Congress
By mmillikinMar 3, 2020, 3:30 am230 pts
Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) on urban roadways in the United States grew by 13.7% from 2008 to 2018, while VMT on rural roadways decreased by 1%. Total VMT in 2018 was 3.2 trillion miles. Light-duty vehicles (of all types) posted an increase in urban VMT of a scant 0.2% (from 2,066,824 million miles in 2017 to…

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