Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by U.S. Zip Codes



Description

Estimate of annual vehicle miles traveled per household by U.S. zip code. The data are estimated using the 2009 National Household Travel Survey and local characteristics of zip codes, including vehicle ownership, commute times and mode, household characteristics (income, household size, etc.) and population density.

Source
Christopher M. Jones and Daniel M. Kammen, Spatial Distribution of U.S. Household Carbon Footprints Reveals Suburbanization Undermines Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Urban Population Density. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014, 48 (2), pp 895–902.

Data Provider
CoolClimate Network

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CoolClimate Network, University of California, Berkeley
Bren School of Env. Science & Management, U.C. Santa Barbara
Geospatial and Innovation Facility, Univ. of California, Berkeley
D-Lab, University of California, Berkeley
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
John Muir Institute, University of California, Davis

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