Was checking out Eschaton came across this post which led me to this graph. Some interesting data here. Completely unsurprised that DC has the lowest fuel consumption per capita. Despite how much I personally complain about WMATA and Metro in particular DC has great public transpo, could be better, yes, but still great.
New York is second, I bet, take out NYC and that drops to the lower third.
Then there are some weird things.
Big states and little states are not distributed based on size. 5 of the top 10 are big to medium-big states (NV, AZ, CA, OR, WA), see state size rankings here. 5 of the bottom 10 are also big to medium-big (MO, ND, SD, OK, WY). Here's where it gets really weird, fuel consumption does not correspond to population density, although no wonder DC is first, the next closest state, New Jersey is 9x less populated. (As an aside, I'm a little leery of the website that population density links to. "Demographia is "pro-choice" with respect to urban development.
People should have the freedom to live and work where and how they like.", could very well be a pro-sprawl statement).
What does it all mean? I don't know, but there's a lot to study here.
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