据路透社9月25日伦敦报道称，由于价格上涨抑制了驾驶行为，美国高速公路上的交通量已经停止增长，汽油消耗量也随之减少。
根据联邦高速公路管理局的数据，经季节性调整后，7月交通量较上年同期下降0.3％。
今年到目前为止，两个月的交通量增长一直为负，这是自2014年初以来的首次读数低于零。
与去年同期相比，5月至7月的三个月里，交通量增长不到0.3％，低于2015年和2016年的2-3％的年增长率。
徐蕾 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
US. gasoline consumption stalls as higher prices take toll
The volume of traffic Traffic volumes in July were 0.3 percent lower than a year earlier, after seasonal adjustments, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
raffic growth has been negative in two months so far this year, the first readings below zero since the start of 2014, ("Traffic volume trends", FHWA, September 2018).
Volumes were up by less than 0.3 percent in the three months from May to July compared with the same period a year earlier, down from annual growth of 2-3 percent throughout 2015 and 2016.
