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September 30th, 2008
Posted: 03:09 PM ET
(CNN) — Americans drove 3.6 percent less in July 2008 than they did during July 2007, Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said Tuesday. That translates into 9.6 billion fewer miles driven, she said. Since last November, Americans have driven 62.6 billion fewer miles than they did over the same nine months in 2007, according to data collected by the department. Over the same period, public transit ridership rose 11 percent, and in July, Amtrak carried more passengers than in any single month in its history, Peters said in a news release. |
 
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