US COVID-19 mitigation efforts resulting in significant decline in traffic, emissions and fuel-tax revenues

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By mmillikinMay 2, 2020, 5:00 am363 pts
A new report from the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis has found that total US vehicle miles traveled (VMT) at the county and state level have declined by 61% to 90% following the various government stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from StreetLight,…

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