Motorists on US roads drove less for the ninth-straight month in July when retail gasoline prices peaked at more than $4 per gallon, the government reported on Tuesday. Travel on all roads fell 3.6 percent or nearly 10 billion vehicle miles compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures provided by the Transportation Department.
The decline was less than the drop of 5 percent, or 12.2 billion miles, reported by the agency for June.
Average gasoline prices at the end of September are nearly 50 cents lower at $3.63 per gallon compared with July, according to figures released on Monday by the Energy Department.
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