Counting vehicle miles traveled: What can we learn from the NHTS?

A Alberini, LT Burra, C Cirillo, C Shen - Transportation research part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
An accurate estimate of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is an essential input into a variety of
emissions, climate change, energy and infrastructure-planning models. We examine …

Another look at vehicle miles traveled: Determinants of vehicle use in two-vehicle households

G Akar, JM Guldmann - Transportation research record, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This study analyzed the determinants of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) with data from the
2009 National Household Travel Survey. First, total VMT models were estimated across all …

Determinants of per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMT): The case of California

M Woldeamanuel, A Kent - Journal of the Transportation …, 2014 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
This study uses multivariate regression to isolate determinants of per capita VMT in
California from the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), as well as a Chow Test to …

Explaining the evolution of passenger vehicle miles traveled in the United States

B Leard, J Linn, C Munnings - The Energy Journal, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
After growing steadily for several decades, passenger vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the
United States unexpectedly leveled off in the 2000s. The growth rate of VMT has since …

VMT, energy consumption, and GHG emissions forecasting for passenger transportation

A Rentziou, K Gkritza, RR Souleyrette - Transportation Research Part A …, 2012 - Elsevier
Globalization, greenhouse gas emissions and energy concerns, emerging vehicle
technologies, and improved statistical modeling capabilities make the present moment an …

Marginal-cost vehicle mileage fee

L Zhang, Y Lu - Transportation research record, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The vehicle mileage fee is a strong candidate to mitigate the funding gap in surface
transportation caused by the declining purchasing power of fuel tax revenue, the emergence …

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is only the beginning: a literature review of the co-benefits of reducing vehicle miles traveled.

K Fang, J Volker - 2017 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
Traditional evaluation of the transportation system focuses on automobile traffic flow and
congestion reduction. However, this paradigm is shifting. In an effort to combat global …

How do local actions affect VMT? A critical review of the empirical evidence

D Salon, MG Boarnet, S Handy, S Spears… - … research part D: transport …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a discussion of the challenges for research on the topic of vehicle
miles traveled. We then summarize and critique evidence from the US on the association …

State and national VMT estimates: it ain't necessarily so

C Lave - 1994 - escholarship.org
The enormous jump in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reported by the 1990 US Nationwide
Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) caused a great deal of concern among planners …

Quantifying the relative contribution of factors to household vehicle miles of travel

AC Singh, S Astroza, VM Garikapati… - … research part D …, 2018 - Elsevier
Household vehicle miles of travel (VMT) has been exhibiting a steady growth in post-
recession years in the United States and has reached record levels in 2017. With …