Thursday, November 20, 2008

Frankie Busalacchi's Big Problem

Below is a picture of US vehicle-mileage (year-over-year, 12 month rolling average):



...vehicle miles driven are off 3.0% YoY, and the decline in miles driven is worse than during the early '70s oil crisis - and about the same as the 1979-1980 decline. As the DOT noted, miles in September 2008 were 4.4% less than September 2007, so the YoY change in the rolling average will probably get worse
Frankie (the Fixer) Busalacchi over at Wisconsin's DOT has a problem. That fuel tax ain't shoveling money into DOT's pockets like it used to...
HT: Calculated Risk
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3 comments:

  1. Headless Blogger11/20/2008 8:55 AM

    A small part of the solution - Stop wasting precious resources on roundabouts when a 4-way stop is just as effective.

    That new traffic circle on Hwy 74 west of Lannon is a deathtrap. It takes the right of way away from westbound through-traffic and gives it to eastbound traffic turning north.

    Sorry Mark, I'll get back on topic.

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  2. Headless Blogger11/20/2008 11:44 AM

    That's what I'm taking about.

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/34812924.html

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  3. Dad2911/20/2008 12:01 PM

    Been there. It's a bit uncomfortable...

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