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Less than half of 1% of the land area in the United States is covered by roads of all kinds, not including rights-of-way, parking lots, and driveways. National
by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Less than half of 1% of the land area in the United States is covered by roads of all kinds, not including rights-of-way, parking lots, and driveways.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2005. Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11535 https://doi.org/10.17226/11535.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoThere is every reason to expect that the flying insects near paved roads today are less likely to die in encounters with cars than the flying insects near roads of 40 years ago. But it would be very difficult to measure that effect.