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below levels for the corresponding months a year ago. In recent years, traffic has been increasing at the rate of 5 to 6 per cent annually.
MILLS attributed the reduction in May to the public’s continued efforts to conserve fuel and to the higher prices of gasoline.
He said that travel by all passenger cars decreased 5.4 per cent, travel by Virginia passenger cars was down 4.4 per cent, and travel by out-of-state cars decreased 10 per cent. Commercial vehicle travel was up 1.5 per cent over May of 1973.□
96.9%