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many miles as they did in 1980, but miles of public roads have increased 6% and, as such, we spend more than twice as much time in traffic congestion as we did in 2010.
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Fact#4* Released: Aug. 2, 2012 Infrastructure
Simply maintaining those roads in their current state costs $101 billion a year. Drivers log an average of 13,476 miles per year, or 37 miles a day. The number of Americans with driver’s licenses increased 45 percent, from 145 million in 1980 to 210 million in 2010.
How do we know?
Check the original sources behind the fact:
- DOT: Federal Highway Administration 2010 Highway Statistics: Licensed Drivers, Vehicle Registrations, and Resident Population
- DOT: Federal Highway Administration 2010 Highway Statistics: Vehicle Registrations, Fuel Consumption, and Vehicle Miles of Travel as Indices
- Congressional Budget Office Economic and Budget Issue Brief: Spending and Funding for Highways
- DOT: Federal Highway Administration: 2010 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions & Performance
- Texas Transportation Institute at The Texas A&M University System: 2011 Urban Mobility Report
What do others say?
Here are stories and opinions relating to this fact. We didn’t base the fact on them. Some argue a point of view. That’s them talking, not us….
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The asphalt’s getting crowded -
PBS: “America revealed: Gridlock” - GOOD Magazine: “GOOD Attacks: A traffic infographic”
*http://facethefactsusa.org/facts/the-asphalts-getting-crowded-video-/ (Face the Facts USA is a nonpartisan information resource from the Center for Innovative Media at The George Washington University.)
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