Analysis Driving and Economic Activity Link Differs Across the Nation by Gary Kopycinski on September 9, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Analysis: Martha Washington’s Enslaved Maid Ona Judge Made a Daring Escape to Freedom – but the National Park Service Has Erased Her Story From Philadelphia Exhibit February 14, 2026 Always Watching: How ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7 Threatens Privacy and Civic Participation November 10, 2025 Full-blown Fascism Has Arrived in America as the Pentagon Expels the Press October 16, 2025 ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Driving in the Northeast and on the West Coast is associated with greater economic activity than in the South, says a University of Michigan researcher.