Vehicle miles traveled

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029610",
  "term": "Vehicle miles traveled",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The total number of miles traveled in a given period of time by a given vehicle or fleet of vehicles. When combined with pollution rates per mile traveled, it provides an estimate of the total amount of vehicle pollution in a given period of time.\n\n2. One vehicle traveling the distance of one mile. Thus total vehicle miles is the total mileage traveled by all vehicles.",
  "abbreviation": "VMT",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Emissions Inventory System Glossary",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/vehicle-miles-traveled/"
}