Wedding etiquette expert Lizzie Post adds that if your budget is on the lower end, say under $25, it may be better to give a physical gift rather than cash.
VMT is a metric of the total miles travel by vehicles in a defined area over a defined period of time and is often used to estimate the environmental impacts of driving, such as GHG and air pollutant emissions. Reduced VMT also results in additional co-benefits (e.g., reduced congestion), but these additional benefits are outside the scope
But no longer. Last year, for the eighth year in a row, vehicle miles traveled ticked down on a per-capita basis. The average American drove 37 fewer miles in 2012 than in 2011 â a 0.4 percent drop, according to new data from FHWA. Itâs a small but significant decrease, continuing the downward slide of per-capita VMT that began in 2004, well before the economy faltered. Total vehicle miles traveled by Americans (in millions).