A good piece in the BBC about the impact of the younger generation's decreased interest in cars on traffic growth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44849381
.In the 1990s, 80% of people were driving by 30; now this marker is only reached by 45.
Men under 30 are travelling only half the miles their fathers did.
The Commission on Travel Demand says this should lead to a government re-think about travel priorities.
It points out that people in general are driving much less than expected:
* People are travelling 10% fewer miles than in 2002 and spending 22 hours less travelling each year than a decade ago.
* There has been a 20% reduction in commuter trips per week since the mid 1990s
* Growth in car traffic has slowed. In the 1980s, it grew by 50% whereas in the decade to 2016 it grew by 2%
Yet BBC News has learned that next week the government is likely to forecast a rise in traffic of between 20% and 60% by 2040. .
* Recent decreases in the proportion of persons with a driver's license across all age groups http://www.umich.edu/%7Eumtriswt/PDF/UMTRI-2016-4.pdf
* Has motorization the U.S. peaked? http://www.umich.edu/%7EEumtriswt/PDF/SWT-2018-2.pdf
happy trails TZ
From: at-network-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca at-network-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca On Behalf Of Charles Feaver Sent: July-19-18 10:47 AM To: at-network@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [At-network] The impact of young peoples' choices on traffic planning
A good piece in the BBC about the impact of the younger generation's decreased interest in cars on traffic growth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44849381
...In the 1990s, 80% of people were driving by 30; now this marker is only reached by 45.
Men under 30 are travelling only half the miles their fathers did.
The Commission on Travel Demand says this should lead to a government re-think about travel priorities. It points out that people in general are driving much less than expected:
* People are travelling 10% fewer miles than in 2002 and spending 22 hours less travelling each year than a decade ago.
* There has been a 20% reduction in commuter trips per week since the mid 1990s
* Growth in car traffic has slowed. In the 1980s, it grew by 50% whereas in the decade to 2016 it grew by 2%
Yet BBC News has learned that next week the government is likely to forecast a rise in traffic of between 20% and 60% by 2040. ...
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Zdan, Terry (MI)