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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/02/20190205-sivak.html
The focus here is on distance driven per person and per household, as opposed to the absolute distance driven (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. population). The period covered is 1984 through 2017. . . .
The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows:
- Distance driven per person increased by 40.9% from 1984 to 2004 (from 6,612 miles to 9,314 miles), then decreased by 9.1% by 2013 (to 8,468 miles), and then increased by 4.3% by 2017 (to 8,834 miles).
Analogously, distance driven per household increased by 33.4% from 1984 to 2004 (from 18,256 miles to 24,349 miles), then decreased by 10.2% by 2013 (to 21,866 miles), and then increased by 4.3% by 2017 (to 22,796 miles).
In conclusion:
- Distance driven per person and per household have both reached their maxima in 2004.
Both rates are on a rebound since 2013, but they are still down from 2004 (by 5.2% per person and by 6.4% per household).