{"id":553,"date":"2016-05-10T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T21:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/northcarolina\/edfund\/articles\/dont-believe-hype-millennials-transportation-habits-are-changing\/"},"modified":"2022-08-06T07:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:38:41","slug":"dont-believe-the-hype-millennials-transportation-habits-are-changing","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/northcarolina\/edfund\/articles\/dont-believe-the-hype-millennials-transportation-habits-are-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Believe the Hype \u2013 Millennials\u2019 Transportation Habits Are Changing"},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":""},"campaign_tax":[],"display_option":[],"issue_tax":[],"person_tax":[],"region_tax":[],"state":[5,7,8,9,12,13,16,18,23,24,25,28,29,2,32,33,34,36,38,41,42,46,50,52],"topic_tax":[],"class_list":["post-553","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"helper_taxonomies":{"topics":false,"collection":false,"press_type":false,"person_type":false,"resource_type":false,"event_type":false,"campaigns":false,"department":false,"level":false,"states":[2,5,7,8,9,12,13,16,18,23,24,25,28,29,32,33,34,36,38,41,42,46,50,52],"act_option":false,"display_option":false,"primary":{"topic":null}},"featured_image":"","caption_override":"","excerpt":"Despite news stories claiming that Millennials are buying up cars at record rates, the reality is quite different. After adjusting previous studies to account for differences in the size of the generations measured, on a per-capita basis, Millennials are 29 percent less likely than members of Generation X to own a car.","updated_on":null,"sidebar_action":null,"hide_hero_image":false,"sidebar_action_query_string":""},"helper_people_group":{"title":"Authors","entities":[{"type":"dynamic","dynamic_person":{"site":1,"people":"15897"},"information":{"name":"","image":null,"role":"","biography":"","contact":{"twitter":"","facebook":"","email":"","phone":""}}}]},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

You may have seen a number of news stories recently claiming that Millennials are buying up cars at record rates just like previous generations, and that they just got a late start.1,2<\/sup> Those reports don\u2019t tell the whole story though. After adjusting previous studies on the topic to account for differences in the size of the respective generations measured, City Observatory found that, on a per-capita basis, members of Generation Y (born 1977 to 1994) are 29 percent less likely than members of Generation X to own a car.3<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Graph based on numbers from City Observatory<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The myth about Millennials and their car purchasing has been overhyped. According to a survey released by The Rockefeller Foundation and Transportation for America on Millennials\u2019 perceptions and attitudes toward transportation, almost half (46 percent) of the surveyed vehicle owners said that they would \u201cseriously consider giving up their cars if they could count on a range of transportation options.\u201d4<\/sup> The message is clear: Millennials are willing to rely upon non-driving modes of transportation more heavily if presented with good options.<\/strong> Encouraging these positive trends will lead to significant benefits including less money spent on roads and highway construction and repair, fewer traffic problems and delays, fewer crashes leading to death and serious injuries, and significantly less air and global warming pollution.<\/p>\n

We have long pointed to Millennials\u2019 changing transportation behavior as a reason to invest less in new and wider highways and invest more in critical transit, biking, and pedestrian alternatives. New and better technology, such as mobile applications that Millennials have been quick to adopt, makes it easier to use other transportation options. Changing lifestyles, choices, and preferences are also playing a key role in Millennials\u2019 changing transportation habits.<\/p>\n

The result: America has the fewest 16-year-old drivers today since the 1960s5<\/sup> and \u201ca smaller percentage of Americans are licensed to drive now than were in 2008.\u201d6<\/sup> State and federal government institutions should be encouraging and assisting in this trend toward driving less. By enhancing public transportation, expanding new technologies, and building more biking and walking infrastructure, we can create a more efficient transportation system that is cleaner and gives people the options that they want.<\/p>\n

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1<\/sup>Jing Cao<\/span>, \u201cMillennials Embrace Cars, Defying Predictions of Sales Implosion<\/a>,\u201d <\/span>Bloomberg, April 20, 2015.
2<\/sup> Derek Thompson, \u201cMillennials: Not So Cheap, After All<\/a>,\u201d The Atlantic, April 21, 2015.
3<\/sup> Joe Cortright, \u201cYoung People Are Buying Fewer Cars<\/a>,\u201d City Observatory, April 22, 2015.
4<\/sup> Michael Myers, \u201cPublic Transportation Shapes Where Millennials Decide to Live<\/a>,\u201d The Rockefeller Foundation, April 23, 2014.
5<\/sup> Laura Bliss, \u201cAmerica has the fewest 16-Year-Old Drivers Since the 1960s<\/a>,\u201d CityLab, April 6, 2016.
6<\/sup> \"Highway Statistics Series<\/a>\" Federal Highway Administration, last modified May 6, 2016.<\/p><\/body><\/html>","":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nDon\u2019t Believe the Hype \u2013 Millennials\u2019 Transportation Habits Are Changing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite news stories claiming that Millennials are buying up cars at record rates, the reality is quite different. 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