Tag: VMT

In response to my piece about a recent reduction in VMT (vehicle miles traveled), frequent commenter Larry Lemmert writes: I don’t think that this decline has anything to do with altruistic motives. People are driving less because their income is …

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Here’s an interesting graphic that suggests a phenomenon that my colleague Jeff Siegel calls “peak car” – a definitive decline in the number of vehicle miles traveled in the U.S.  Granted, there are numerous factors that come together to push a …

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As legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in the lecture to which I referred here, there are now over 200,000 groups on the planet devoted to causes within the umbrella of sustainability and humanitarianism. So, when we contemplate the challenges …

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It’s the 109th anniversary of the first sale made by the Ford Motor Company: a Model A. From that moment, the concept of automobile ownership grew steadily and rapidly in importance in the American psyche; in fact, it expanded to …

Attitudes Towards Car Ownership Have Changed, Will Change Further Read More »

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