Transportation Fact of the Week - 2017 Archive

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#1009	Nearly Five Billion Trips Were Made Using Transit Rail in 2016	December 25, 2017
#1008	Median All-Electric Vehicle Range Grew from 73 Miles in Model Year 2011 to 114 Miles in Model Year 2017	December 18, 2017
#1007	California has over 15,000 Electric Vehicle Charging Units, Ten Percent of which are Fast Chargers	December 11, 2017
#1006	Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Needs for Nationwide Coverage	December 4, 2017
#1005	Eleven Diesel Models for Sale in the U.S. in Model Year 2017	November 27, 2017
#1004	California Had the Highest Concentration of Plug-in Vehicles Relative to Population in 2016	November 20, 2017
#1003	Cars Constituted a Larger Fraction of Light-Duty Vehicle Sales for Fleets than Retail Vehicle Sales in 2016	November 13, 2017
#1002	The Trade Deficit of Petroleum in 2016 Was at its Lowest Since 1998	November 6, 2017
#1001	One Thousand Transportation Analysis Facts of the Week have been Published Online	October 30, 2017
#1000	U.S. Petroleum Production Met Demand from Transportation Petroleum Consumption in 2015	October 23, 2017
#999	Despite Rise in Vehicle Miles of Travel, Highway Pollutants in 2016 Are Less Than Half as in 2002	October 16, 2017
#998	Highway Vehicles Responsible for a Declining Share of Pollutants	October 9, 2017
#997	Average Age of Cars and Light Trucks Was Almost 12 Years in 2016	October 2, 2017
#996	Transportation Accounts for Nearly Three Quarters of Petroleum Consumption	September 25, 2017
#995	Electric Vehicle Charging at Home Typically Draws Less Than Half the Power of an Electric Furnace	September 18, 2017
#994	Electric Vehicle Charging Consumes Less Energy than Water Heating in a Typical Household	September 11, 2017
#993	By Value, Nearly Three-Fourths of Imports from Mexico and More Than Half of Imports from Canada are Transported by Truck	September 4, 2017
#992	Motor Vehicles Are One of the Most Valuable Commodities Shipped in the United States	August 28, 2017
#991	By Mode of Transportation, Freight Tonnage and Freight Value Show Different Trends	August 21, 2017
#990	Comparison of Vehicle Efficiencies Using the Air Conditioner versus Windows Down	August 14, 2017
#989	The Most Common Price Point for Light Vehicles Sold in 2016 was $27,000	August 7, 2017
#988	The Average Price of a New Light Vehicle was Nearly $32,000 in 2016	July 31, 2017
#987	What Do We Pay for in a Gallon of Gasoline?	July 24, 2017
#986	The Price of a Barrel of Crude Oil in 2016 Was the Lowest Since 2003	July 17, 2017
#985	Average Historical Annual Gasoline Pump Price, 1929–2016	July 10, 2017
#984	It is More Efficient to Stop and Restart a Vehicle’s Engine than to Idle for as Little as Ten Second	July 3, 2017
#983	Proper Tire Pressure Saves Fuel	June 26, 2017
#982	Slow Down to Save Fuel: Fuel Economy Decreases About 14% When Traveling at 70 mph Versus 60 mph	June 19, 2017
#981	Using a Cargo Box on Top of a Vehicle Can Reduce Fuel Economy by 25%	June 12, 2017
#980	Use of Lightweight Materials Has Increased in the Last 20 Years	June 5, 2017
#979	More than One-Third of New Transmissions in 2016 Had a High Number of Gears	May 29, 2017
#978	New Technology Penetration in Light Vehicles	May 22, 2017
#977	Nearly One Quarter of Vehicles Sold in Norway in 2016 were Plug-in Vehicles	May 15, 2017
#976	China has the Highest Number of Sales of Plug-in Vehicles in the World	May 8, 2017
#975	Over Half of All-electric Vehicle Sales in 2016 Were Large Cars and Standard SUVs	May 1, 2017
#974	Plug-in Vehicle Sales Increased 40% in 2016	April 24, 2017
#973	Truck Stop Electrification Services to Reduce Idling Are Available in 35 States	April 17, 2017
#972	Thirteen Percent of Vehicles Worldwide Are Produced in the United States	April 10, 2017
#971	Production and Manufacturing Comprise One-Third of Motor Vehicles Jobs	April 3, 2017
#970	Eleven Percent of Motor Vehicles Jobs Focus on Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles	March 27, 2017
#969	New Vehicle Fuel Economy Has Improved 33% From 1980 to 2016	March 20, 2017
#968	All-electric Vehicles Have the Lowest Estimated Annual Fuel Cost	March 13, 2017
#967	$500 to $3,850: Wide Range for Model Year 2017 Estimated Annual Fuel Costs	March 6, 2017
#966	Production of Petroleum in the United States was at an All-time High in 2015	February 27, 2017
#965	The United States Produced More Petroleum than Any Other Country in 2015	February 20, 2017
#964	Motor Gasoline Is Most Common Petroleum Product from U.S. Refineries	February 13, 2017
#963	Share of Petroleum Product Output from Refineries Varies by World Region	February 6, 2017
#962	Vehicles per Capita: Other Regions/Countries Compared to the United States	January 30, 2017
#961	Alternative Fuel Corridors Established by the Federal Highway Administration	January 23, 2017
#960	Electricity and CNG Fuels had the Lowest Price Variability Over the Past 16 Years	January 16, 2017
#959	Record Light Vehicle Sales in 2016	January 9, 2017
#958	Sixty-three Percent of All Housing Units have a Garage or Carport	January 2, 2017

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