Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A distance of one mile run by a vehicle; the equivalent of ‘car-mile,’ but applied to road vehicles instead of to cars which run on rails.
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Examples
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Nationally, public subsidies to road users amount to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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Public subsidies for road costs amount to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 2% of the average total cost of owning and operating an automobile. cmholm says:
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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Direct public subsidies to motor vehicle users average about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 2% of the total cost of owning and operating a motor vehicle.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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Suffice it to say that the difference between gas tax revenues and spending on new road construction, road maintenance, and all other public spending on motor vehicle infrastructure amounts to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile.
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“Suffice it to say that the difference between gas tax revenues and spending on new road construction, road maintenance, and all other public spending on motor vehicle infrastructure amounts to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile.”
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What part of direct public subsidies to motor vehicle users are about 20 cents per gallon of gas, or about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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As I said, direct public subsidies to motor vehicle users are about 20 cents per gallon of gas, or about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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When you account for that and the fact that the AAA number is cost per vehicle-mile and I was giving cost per passenger-mile to compare with transit, you get the kind of number that I gave.
Seattle light rail: No park-and-ride lots (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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What part of direct public subsidies to motor vehicle users are about 20 cents per gallon of gas, or about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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I linked to a study the last time we discussed this that concluded that direct subsidies to motor vehicle users amount to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 2% of the average total cost of driving.
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