Transportation Fact of the Week - 2019 Archive

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1114	There Are Currently About 142,000 Public Gasoline Stations in the United States	December 30, 2019
1113	Average Annual Highway Vehicle Miles Traveled Per Capita Varies by State	December 23, 2019
1112	The U.S. Transportation Sector Consumed 1.4 Quadrillion Btu of Fuel Made from Biomass in 2018	December 16, 2019
1111	Annual Petroleum Production in the United States More Than Doubled from 2008 to 2018	December 9, 2019
1110	Average Annual Gasoline Taxes Paid per Vehicle, by State, 2019	December 2, 2019
1109	All-Electric Vehicles Have the Lowest Estimated Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles	November 25, 2019
1108	Fuel Economy Guide Shows the Number of Gasoline Vehicle Models Achieving 45 Miles per Gallon or Greater is Increasing	November 18, 2019
1107	Changes in Vehicle Miles Traveled Often Mirror Gasoline Price Changes	November 11, 2019
1106	In the Last Two Months of 2018, U.S. Monthly Sales of All-Electric Vehicles Outpaced Both Plug-in Hybrids and Conventional Hybrids	November 4, 2019
1105	Transportation Accounted for 8.8% of all U.S. Gross Domestic Product in 2017	October 28, 2019
1104	Eighty-Four Million Shared Bike and Scooter Trips in U.S. in 2018	October 21, 2019
1103	Diesel Averaged 44 Cents More per Gallon than Regular Gasoline in 2018	October 14, 2019
1102	Twenty-Nine States and the District of Columbia Currently Have Laws to Reduce the Engine Idle Time of Motor Vehicles Within the State	October 7, 2019
1101	Medium/Heavy Trucks Were 4% of the Vehicle Population but Accounted for 26% of Fuel Use in 2017	September 30, 2019
1100	The United States Had Nearly 20% of World Automotive Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Capacity in 2016	September 23, 2019
1099	Australia, Chile, and Argentina produced 91% of the World’s Lithium	September 16, 2019
1098	More Than Half of Transit Buses in the U.S. Were Powered by Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technologies in 2018	September 9, 2019
1097	Manufacturing Accounted for 40% of Employment in the Motor Vehicles and Component Parts Sector in 2018	September 3, 2019
1096	Employment Grew by 3% for the Motor Vehicles and Component Parts Sector from 2017 to 2018	August 26, 2019
1095	The Average Age of Light-Duty Vehicles Has Increased to 11.8 Years	August 19, 2019
1094	The Transportation Sector Consumes More Petroleum than All Other Sectors Combined	August 12, 2019
1093	For Model Year 2018, Electric-Drive Vehicle Models Were Available in Nine Different Size Classes	August 5, 2019
1092	More Than Half of All Children Typically Travel to School via Private Vehicle	July 29, 2019
1091	The Rise in Prices for Used Vehicles Outpaced That of New Vehicles	July 22, 2019
1090	Used Vehicle Sales Are More Than Double the Number of New Vehicle Sales	July 15, 2019
1089	There are More Than 68,800 Electric Vehicle Charging Units in the United States	July 8, 2019
1088	Transit Rail Ridership Was 64% Higher in 2018 than in 1990	July 1, 2019
1087	Non-Hybrid Stop/Start Systems Were Installed on 35.7% of All Light-Duty Trucks Produced in Model Year 2018	June 24, 2019
1086	Seventy-five Percent of Plug-in Vehicles Sold in the United States in 2018 Were Made in the United States	June 17, 2019
1085	The Average Annual Gasoline Price in 2018 Was $2.74	June 10, 2019
1084	Since 2013 U.S. Crude Oil Imports Have Been Less Than 10.2 Million Barrels Per Day	June 3, 2019
1083	Growth in Vehicle-miles of Travel and Number of Vehicles Outpaces Population Growth	May 27, 2019
1082	In 2018, 27% of New Light-Duty Vehicles Had Fuel Economies Over 30 Miles per Gallon	May 20, 2019
1081	Plug-in Vehicles in the United States Displaced 323 Million Gallons of Gasoline in 2018	May 13, 2019
1080	U.S. Plug-in Vehicles Consumed Nearly Three Terawatt-hours of Electricity in 2018	May 6, 2019
1079	More Than 1 Million Plug-in Vehicles Were Sold in China in 2018	April 29, 2019
1078	Model Year 2018 Vehicles Have Record High Fuel Economy with Improved Horsepower and Acceleration	April 22, 2019
1077	Of Emerging Fuel Saving Technologies, Gasoline Direct Injection Was the Most Widely Adopted in 2018	April 15, 2019
1076	Most New Light-Duty Vehicles Have Transmissions with at Least Six Speeds	April 8, 2019
1075	Most Common Maximum Speed Limit for Trucks in 2017 Was 70 Miles per Hour	April 1, 2019
1074	Gasoline Taxes in the United States Are a Small Share of Gasoline Cost Compared to Other Countries	March 25, 2019
1073	Crude Oil Cost Accounted for 50% of Gasoline Price in 2017	March 18, 2019
1072	Light-Duty Vehicles Accounted for the Majority of Transportation Energy Consumption	March 11, 2019
1071	Improvements in Fuel Economy for Low-MPG Vehicles Yield the Greatest Savings	March 4, 2109
1070	Forty-One Models of Light-Duty Plug-In Electric Vehicles Were Available in Model Year 2018	February 25, 2019
1069	Most Valuable Commodities Shipped: Motor Vehicles and Parts were Second Only to Mixed Freight in 2017	February 18, 2019
1068	The 2017 Commodity Flow Survey Shows Freight Movement in the United States of 12.5 Billion Tons Valued at $14.4 Trillion	February 11, 2019
1067	Annual Light-Duty Vehicle Sales for 2018 Totaled 17.2 Million	February 4, 2019
1066	The Travel Density of Urban Interstates was 2.5 Times Higher than Rural Interstates in 2016	January 28, 2019
1065	Only 26% of 16-year-olds were Licensed Drivers in 2016	January 21, 2019
1064	Median All-Electric Vehicle Range Grew from 73 Miles in Model Year 2011 to 125 Miles in Model Year 2018	January 14, 2018
1063	The United States Exported 1.68 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas to Mexico in 2017	January 7, 2019

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