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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/drive_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Americans Drove More in 2015' data-article-id='1303'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10688'>Americans drove more miles in 2015 than any year since the U.S. government started keeping records 45 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='10688' data-end-time='22542'>The U.S. Department of Transportation recently reported that Americans drove a record 3.148 trillion miles last year.</span> <span data-start-time='22542' data-end-time='32438'>In case you are wondering, that is enough to take 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto.</span> <span data-start-time='32438' data-end-time='38875'>There are number of reasons Americans are driving more, according to experts.</span> <span data-start-time='38875' data-end-time='46458'>The first is the price of gas, which has dropped to 2004 levels in the past year. </span> <span data-start-time='46458' data-end-time='60167'>The American Automobile Association said the average price of unleaded regular gasoline is $1.71 a gallon, or 45.17 cents per liter. </span> <span data-start-time='60167' data-end-time='64854'>That is the lowest price since 2004.</span> <span data-start-time='64854' data-end-time='80563'>P.J. Sriraj, interim executive director of the Urban Transportation Center at the University of Chicago, said the lower cost to fill up a car or truck is just one reason Americans are driving more.</span> <span data-start-time='80563' data-end-time='90750'>Another reason is that more Americans are back to work after the 2008 recession, and driving to their jobs, he said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/drive_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5485 data-hint-location='80563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/what_does_recession_mean.m4a'>What does recession mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a period of temporary economic decline'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/no_difference.m4a'><span>no difference</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/a_period_of_temporary_economic_decline.m4a'><span>a period of temporary economic decline</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/capable_of_producing_desired_results.m4a'><span>capable of producing desired results</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/the_ability_to_choose_something.m4a'><span>the ability to choose something</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=5486 data-hint-location='64854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/why_are_americans_driving_more.m4a'>Why are Americans driving more?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='low gas prices'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/low_gas_prices.m4a'><span>low gas prices</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/less_accidents.m4a'><span>less accidents</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/more_cars.m4a'><span>more cars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/more_roads.m4a'><span>more roads</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=5487 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/americans_drove_more__blank__in_2015_than_any_year.m4a'>Americans drove more <span class='blank'>miles</span> in 2015 than any year.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='miles'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/children.m4a'><span>children</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/carpools.m4a'><span>carpools</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/trips.m4a'><span>trips</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/877/miles.m4a'><span>miles</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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