In America, driving is all the rage, apparently.
And just how much driving are Americans doing? In the March 13, 2017 Air Quality Matters post “In U.S. in 2016, 3.2 trillion miles driven: Air, roads, feeling the heat” I took a look at some important numbers.
“The approximately 52 billion additional miles driven nationwide over that registered in 2015 (3.148 trillion miles driven – also a record) means more pressure is placed on the roadway network, … And, if more of the miles being logged are done so in internal-combustion-engine powered motor vehicles, then this translates into a worsening quality of the
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