New analysis of anonymized location data casts doubt on US cities hopes of avoiding a car-led recovery.

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This rush afternoon pattern has broadly held in the latest analysis.

Instead of ‘rush hour,’  we now have the ‘rush afternoon’ — thanks, COVID

Many transportation planners hoped to preserve the pandemics low VMT as the economy recovers.

But these Florida cities indicate that this isnt likely without concerted efforts by local policy makers and businesses.

Mere average city-wide data or spotty local-road data means theyre guessing.

US total vehicle miles traveled

StreetLight helps them not only do that, but measure impact on local versus regional traffic.

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