This has been in the news for about a month now. Today I was just on a webinar on the report linked below. There is quite a bit of evidence that young people - and in the report they mean ages 16-34 - are less interested in driving for a number of reasons. http://www.ssti.us/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Transportation_and_the_New_Generation.pdf
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) has been going down the US in recent years, and this trend is especially strong among the youngest driver. We wrote an article on this trend last week. There are a bunch of links you can follow to get to the original U of MI research. http://www.ssti.us/2012/04/young-people-turning-away-from-cars/ Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Ross, Arthur <[email protected]>wrote: > > http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/young-americans-drive-16082310#.T34H_XpYSfE > > Young Americans Less Likely to Drive ** **** > > > > By JOAN LOWY Associated Press **** > > WASHINGTON April 5, 2012 (AP)**** > > > > The share of people in their teens, 20s and 30s with driver's licenses is > dropping. It's a trend seen not only in the United States, but in other > wealthy nations as well. > > **** > > Recent studies at the University of Michigan Transportation Research > Institute show the share of 16- to 39-year-olds with driver's licenses > declined markedly between 1983 and 2008. The greatest decreases were among > drivers in their late teens and early 20s. > > **** > > For example, among Americans aged 20 to 24 in 1983, nearly 92 percent had > driver's licenses. Twenty-five years later, the share fell to 82 percent. > > **** > > Researchers say that cyber contact may be reducing the need for young > people to socialize face-to-face. Other possible factors include the > economy and more young people choosing to live in cities.**** > > **** > > ** ** > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > City of Madison, Traffic Engineering Division > 215 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., Suite 100 > PO Box 2986 > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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