1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgClark Williams-Derryhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/clark-williams-derry/A Generational Shift In Driving? - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="18pdOo2SMF"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2011/08/25/a-generational-shift-in-driving/">A Generational Shift In Driving?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2011/08/25/a-generational-shift-in-driving/embed/#?secret=18pdOo2SMF" width="600" height="338" title="“A Generational Shift In Driving?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="18pdOo2SMF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/NHTS-age-specific-vmt.gif771558From a presentation on the Transportation Research Board website, a comparison of age-specific driving habits in 2001 vs. 2008: Both data series come from the National Household Transportation Survey -- the blue from 2001, the red from 2008. Among older folks, driving didn't change that much between the two studies. But among younger Americans, driving habits changed radically: folks between the ages of 20 and 40 drove far less in 2008 than their counterparts did in 2001. This is perhaps the most compelling piece of evidence I've seen suggesting that there's been a profound a generational shift in America's driving habits.