1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgClark Williams-Derryhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/clark-williams-derry/More Declines in VMT - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PKvyf1nrTz"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2010/04/08/more-declines-in-vmt/">More Declines in VMT</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2010/04/08/more-declines-in-vmt/embed/#?secret=PKvyf1nrTz" width="600" height="338" title="“More Declines in VMT” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="PKvyf1nrTz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I see equal parts good news and bad news in this chart. The good news is that vehicle travel, measured per person, has fallen pretty substantially in both Oregon and Washington since 2003. In Oregon, the decline has been about 11 percent; in Washington, it’s been about 7 percent. (Monthly data are from the Federal […]http://i40.tinypic.com/260ejcy.gif