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December 22, 2019
Peak Vehicle Miles Traveled has been updated to show 2019 figures nationally. Peak traffic before fracking was 2007 nationally. The energy increase from tar sands and fracking has fueled a new peak VMT in many places (although Portland, OR and Eugene, OR remain below the conventional oil era peaks, at least as of 2018).
December 18, 2018
My comments on Oregon Department of Transportation's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for expanded passenger train service from Portland to Eugene
16 megabyte PDF includes detail about the specific proposals plus a trainload of background information about Peak Traffic, Peak Energy and planning for realistic future scenarios on the energy downslope
The comments have a table of contents to ease navigation.
www.peaktraffic.org/odot-train-december-2018.pdf