http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/12/22/highlights-of-the-latest-mobilizing-the-region/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/12/22/highlights-of-the-latest-mobilizing-the-region/comment-page-1/#comment-20760 AD Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:32:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/12/22/highlights-of-the-latest-mobilizing-the-region/#comment-20760 Also a piece of heartening national news, from the <a href="http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/hotline/more/hotline_481/" rel="nofollow">NARP Hotline</a>: "Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMTs) rose a mere 0.9% in 2005 compared with 2004, according to the newly released Highway Statistics, an annual U.S. DOT report. <b>For the first time, VMT per capita actually fell.</b> These numbers signal a break in the widely-assumed link between VMTs and economic growth (GNP). Highway interests are trying to spin this otherwise." Also a piece of heartening national news, from the NARP Hotline: "Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMTs) rose a mere 0.9% in 2005 compared with 2004, according to the newly released Highway Statistics, an annual U.S. DOT report. For the first time, VMT per capita actually fell. These numbers signal a break in the widely-assumed link between VMTs and economic growth (GNP). Highway interests are trying to spin this otherwise."

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