Americans Driving At Historic Lows
Eleven Billion Fewer Vehicle Miles Traveled in March 2008 Over Previous March
WASHINGTON - Americans drove less in March 2008, continuing a trend that began last November, according to estimates released today from the Federal Highway Administration.
"That Americans are driving less underscores the challenges facing the Highway Trust Fund and its reliance on the federal gasoline excise tax," said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Jim Ray.
The FHWA's "Traffic Volume Trends" report, produced monthly since 1942, shows that estimated vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on all U.S. public roads for March 2008 fell 4.3 percent as compared with March 2007 travel. This is the first time estimated March travel on public roads fell since 1979. At 11 billion miles less in March 2008 than in the previous March, this is the sharpest yearly drop for any month in FHWA history.
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The Bridge to the 19th Century (cont'd):
• Gasoline prices have forced police officers across the country to walk beats instead of patrol in cars.
• A farmer in Warren County, Tenn., has switched from a tractor to a mule for his plowing.
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