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Getting California's Mobility Back
Posted on August 26, 2008
I grew up in Los Angeles. When I was a teenager and gasoline was 33 cents/gallon, getting your driver's license and bumming your parents' car meant mobility and freedom.There isn't much mobility left in L.A. The population has more than tripled since I was born. And we are driving longer distances, even though it often seems that it's taking longer to get anywhere. In fact, vehicle miles traveled, often abbreviated as VMT , is rising faster than the rate of population growth. This scary statistic means more than just a delay getting to Dodger Stadium. Cars and light trucks cont...
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