Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Americans drove 15 billion fewer miles in August than they did in the same month one year ago, according to new data from the US Department of Transportation.
The 5.6% drop in vehicle miles traveled represents the largest decline ever recorded by DOT for a single month and marks the ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Nearly 30 million people rode Amtrak trains in the past year, the highest number of passengers to take Amtrak trains in a single year since the National Railroad Passenger Corporation began keeping records in 1971. The spike in oil prices earlier this year triggered an unprecedented rise in ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Take public transportation and you'll save about $9,499 per year compared to the price of driving, according to a new report by the American Public Transportation Association.
The APTA report shows that the average annual savings is a third higher than the average amount - $6,111 - a ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Fuel efficiency in the United States rose for the fourth straight year, according to a new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency .
In the U.S., the average car and light duty truck can now travels an estimated 20.8 miles per gallon, a 0.2 mpg increase from the preceding year. ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
With ridership on public transportation surging and high fuel prices severely impacting public transportation systems' budgets across the nation, 85 percent of public transit systems report capacity problems, according to a new nationwide survey of transit systems released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
The survey, titled ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
In April 2008, Americans drove 1.4 billion fewer highway miles than they did a year earlier, according to the most recent Federal Highway Administration’s “Traffic Volume Trends” report. This is more than double the difference in highway miles traveled in March 2008 and the same time period in the preceding ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
The 2017 cellulosic ethanol production potential ranges from 1.6 to 7.2 billion gallons. The growth of this capacity through 2017 is shown in the graphic above. The combination of the production subsidy plus capital cost reduction appears to be the most effective option in driving industry growth. The least effective ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
New data shows a significant decline in the number of drunk driving-related fatalities occurring nationally and in 32 individual states. On the other hand, the number of alcohol related fatalities among motorcyclists is climbing in half of the states.
Last year, an estimated 12,998 people were killed in crashes where a ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The Ventomobile runs with the wind and on it too.
A team of German students built the a wind-powered vehicle -- the Ventomobile - featured above. The design is the brainchild of InVentus, a collaborative effort between Stuttgart University students of Aerospace Engineering. The team finished first in the ...
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