- If every new vehicle averaged 40 miles per gallon, we would save more oil then we now import from the Persian Gulf
- More than 90 percent of all travel in the U.S. is by automobile, and only 4 percent is by all forms of public transit
- The 1995 National Personal Transportation Survey found that approximately 40 percent of all trips are less than two miles in length—which represents a 10-minute bike ride or a 30-minute walk
- 54% of all commuters live within 10 miles of their work site, making their commute time by bike or car about the same
- The average family drove 34,459 miles in 1995, up from 22,802 in 1983
- According to the EPA, in 2001 less than 15% of students between the ages of 5-15 walked or biked to or from school, down from 48% of students in 1969. These travel choices, which are influenced by school siting and development patterns, impact air emissions.
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