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May 6, 2008

Nothing But Flowers: A U.S. Vehicle-Miles Peak?

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway

- (Nothing But) Flowers, Talking Heads

Here is a fascinating moving (no pun intended) 12-month chart of monthly vehicle-miles on U.S. highways from 1983 to today. It's interesting what has happened in the last three years:

Maybe the cure for higher prices is higher prices after all.

[via FHWA]

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