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Drop in recreational travel
Figure 12, which shows vehicle-miles of travel on rural roads by months for 1941, 1943, and 1948, brings this out more clearly. Most of the recreational travel on rural roads occurs in the summer months, and the high summer travel peaks in 1941 and 1948 are apparent.
Figure 12.—Vehicle-miles of travel on rural roads, by months, in 1941, 1943, and 1948.
In 1943, however, the summer peak was materially flattened, and much of the seasonal difference which remained could be accounted for by the difficultics of winter travel in some sections of the country. This would indicate that wartime efforts to eliminate pleasure driving were fairly successful.
