Driving in the U.S. DECLINES over 4% since last year-- let's get it down 10% by year-end!

The Department of Transportation revealed a very important statistic today:

Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less -- that's 11 billion fewer miles, the DOT's Federal Highway Administration said Monday, calling it "the sharpest yearly drop for any month in FHWA history." Records have been kept since 1942.

Americans are starting to act. This is a good thing. How's that for a grass roots twin initiative in American foreign policy and energy security policy? And nobody in Washington even called for it. Imagine what could happen if we had leadership in this country?

Comments

[Bart]

Pascal - good news is that i'm now linking to your blog...bad news is that i need to call you on this one...so are YOU taking public transport to your office? one day a week? if yes, i apologize for the comment. PS: i've just started, i'm loving every minute (not easy - to south san fran)

PASCAL RESPONDS:

HI BART. I WILL RISE TO THIS INVITATION BY COMMITTING TO CARPOOL TO WORK ONE DAY PER WEEK SINCE I HAVE ONE PARTNER WHO LIVES IN MARIN, ONE IN THE PRESIDIO, AND ONE IN NOE VALLEY. I NORMALLY ARRIVE AT THE OFFICE BEFORE 7AM, SO WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT. THIS WILL INCREMENTALLY REDUCE MY FUEL CONSUMPTION BY 20% PER WEEK. IT'S A START....