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US Drivers Pay Less to Drive a Mile Than They Did 18 Years Earlier 1980

May 24th 2008
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2008May24: US drivers pay less to drive a mile.

2008May24: US drivers pay less to drive a mile in 2008May than they did in 1980, taking into account inflation and fuel efficiency gains, according to Lee Schipper, a visiting scholar at the transportation center of the University of California, Berkeley (New York Times, 2008).

Reference: New York Times. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/business/24gas.html

Image Description: US 30 at the northern terminus of PA 41. Photo by vishwin60, 2007June30. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:US_30_x_PA_41.JPG Image Permission: The copyright holder of this work, hereby releases it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

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