{"id":148641,"date":"2020-06-08T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=148641"},"modified":"2020-06-08T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T21:01:53","slug":"americans-drove-39-8-fewer-miles-in-april-due-to-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2020\/06\/americans-drove-39-8-fewer-miles-in-april-due-to-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Drove 39.8% Fewer Miles in April Due to Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While not nearly what they were pre-pandemic, traffic levels are on the rise around the country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each of the past few years, Americans have set new records for how many miles they\u2019ve driven; however, the coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to that trend in recent months, including the 39.8% drop in April.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Transportation revealed that motorists traveled 112 billion fewer miles in April compared with the same period last year. Not surprisingly, all of that decline has been tied to the stay-at-home orders issued in so many states.<\/p>\n

In April, drivers traveled 169.6 billion vehicle miles, which has been trend in recent months. In the first four months of 2020, U.S. motorists drove fewer miles than in any year since 2001, traveling 875.9 billion miles, down 14.8%.<\/p>\n

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(Self-driving cars will eliminate only a third of crashes, IIHS claims.)<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Traffic has been creeping back to normal levels in May, achieving that return in six U.S. cities, according to INRIX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Traffic is still low when compared with year-ago results, according to transportation analytics firm INRIX Inc., which has been tracking the nation\u2019s movement for 12 weeks now. It noted some changes in the seven-day period ended Friday, June 5, according to INRIX.<\/p>\n