Monday, July 28, 2008 – 1:40 PM HAST
U.S. driving falls by 9.6B miles in May
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

Record gas prices and a struggling economy are forcing more people to leave their cars in the garage.

Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May than a year ago, the third-largest monthly drop in the 66 years the data has been collected, according to Federal Highway Administration data released Monday.

The decline continues a seven-month decrease in driving that has amounted to 40 billion-plus fewer miles traveled since November 2007, compared with the same period a year earlier.

May’s drop comes during a month when traffic usually rises because of the Memorial Day holiday and the start of the summer vacation season.

Phoenix Business Journal

HKO Comments- Why are the same people who want us to drive less bitching the most about the price of gas?

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