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08.29.08 // 07:57 p.m.
Gas Goes Up, People Stop Driving. Jerry Brown was Right.
From November to June, American driving dropped by 53.2 billion miles. Think about that. 53.2 billion fewer miles. That’s crazy. And kinda cool.
Gasoline prices, which rose to a nationwide average of $4.11 a gallon last month, now average $3.69 a gallon, according to AAA, the automobile group. The prices have forced many consumers to cut their spending on other items.
Americans drove 12.2 billion fewer miles in June than in June 2007, a drop of 4.7 percent, according to the Department of Transportation. Between November and June, total miles driven dropped by 53.2 billion, the steepest decline registered in a century of data collection, said Doug Hecox, a spokesman for the department.
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