Green Options » Brookings Institution http://greenoptions.com/tag/brookings-institution Posts tagged 'Brookings Institution' Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Report: America’s Love Affair With Cars is Ending http://gas2.org/2008/12/17/report-americans-love-affair-with-cars-is-ending/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/17/report-americans-love-affair-with-cars-is-ending/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:14:07 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/12/17/report-americans-love-affair-with-cars-is-ending/ According to a just-released report from the well-respected Brookings Institution, the US is experiencing its longest and quickest decline in the amount of driving since World War Two — a decline which the report’s authors claim marks a permanent shift away from the automobile and towards other forms of transportation.

The report, The Road… Less Traveled: An Analysis of Vehicle Miles Traveled Trends in the U.S., points out that the beginning of the current decline in driving predated the high gas prices of last summer and, as gas prices have come back down over the last few months, drivers are not going back to their cars (click the graph below for an expanded view of these statistics).

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