07-29-2008, 12:46 AM
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yep lots of people driving less
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(AGI) - Houston, 28th July ? There was a record fall in the number of car journeys undertaken in the USA in May. According to the latest data issued by the Federal Highway Administration, US citizens travelled 9.6 billion fewer miles than in the previous year, notching a drop of 3.7 pct. Never before have so many cars been left in the garages in the month of May, normally characterised by outings for the long Memorial Day weekend. This is the third-biggest monthly fall in the past 66 years, with the downward trend now set in for a seven-month run. 40.5 billion fewer miles were eaten up by cars between November 2007 and May 2008. "They are driving less and using more fuel-efficient cars, US citizens are showing that tomorrow?s highways won?t be paid for by the federal fuel taxes", remarked US Transport Secretary, Mary Peters, in a note. In the first five months of 2008, 29.8 billion fewer miles were driver than in the same period a year before. "Fewer trips also mean less money for the Highways", added the Federal Highway administrator, Jim Ray, "the status quo won?t hold into the twenty-first century".
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