After years of declines, the rate of vehicle owners per person and per household has started to rise again. Miles driven per person also on the rise.
While the rate of ownership of cars and light trucks has steadily declined since its peak a decade ago, it is starting to climb, says a University of Michigan researcher.
In his ninth report in a series examining recent changes in various aspects of motorization in the U.S., Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) found that vehicle-ownership rates per person and per household are up, on average, 1.4 percent since
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