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Miles Driven Increase in July, Despite Higher Gas Prices

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Total miles traveled on all roads and streets were an estimated 263.6 billion miles in July, the U.S. Department of Transportation reports. This is a 1.6% increase from the 259.4 billion miles traveled July of 2012. The rolling 12 month total of vehicle miles driven is 2.9571 trillion miles.

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Miles Driven Increase in July, Despite Higher Gas Prices

The below map from the releases shows that in July vehicle miles driven increased the most Y/Y in the South Gulf region and increased the least in the Northeast and South Atlantic regions.

Via: floatingpath.com

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