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reportingsjr on March 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amtrak Residency

Yep, it is true! I think currently we are back down to ~ 1992 VMT (vehicle miles traveled) after peaking in 2004.

heydenberk on March 9, 2014 [–]

And the US population is 10% to 20% bigger than it was the last time it was this low, so the VMT per person is trending downward even more. Here in the northeast corridor we're trying to figure out what to do about a bunch of pending plans to add lanes to highways.

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