There's a lot that unites us as humans. How much we sleep, how much we eat, how much we travel... wait, what? Yeah, turns out that the vast majority of human populations have the same average amount of travel time per day. Here's what the research says about why that is, and how learning this could shape our future.78 minutes? I've been on the low side of that average time for years, but I did enough to contribute to the average 20 years ago, when I drove 48,000 miles in one year and 40,000 miles per year from 2000-2005. I'm glad I'm no longer doing that. Follow over the jump to see how I'm doing now.
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Pearl the Prius passed 73,000 miles Wednesday, June 10, 2026. That's 76 days since her odometer rolled over 72,000 miles on Thursday, March 26, 2026, yielding averages of 13.16 miles per day, 401.32 miles per standard month, and 4,802.63 miles per standard year. Those compare well to the 12.99 miles per day, 396.10 miles per standard month, and 4,740.26 miles per standard year I drove her between Thursday, January 8, 2026 and March 26th. They also compare well to the 12.82 miles per day, 391.03 miles per standard month, and 4,679.49 miles per standard year I drove her between March 10, 2025 and Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the comparable period last year, other than driving slightly more. Finally, it's more than the 10.55 miles per day, 321.90 miles per standard month, and 3,852.24 miles per standard year between May 27, 2025 and June 10, 2026. My reduced driving last fall is still having an effect!
I expect to be driving less at the next driving update because I'm driving less this summer than this spring, although more than last summer. After that, I should be driving a lot less in the fall because I expect to be retired. Here's to that happening.
That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for the Sunday entertainment feature, which might also be the final retrospective of the 15th year of this blog.
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