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Has the relationship between urban and suburban automobile travel changed across generations? Comparing Millennials and Generation Xers in the United States
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Highlights Millennials have lower personal VMT than Gen Xers across residential density types. Millennials make fewer car trips than Gen Xers across residential density types. Millennial’s density-automobility associations are flatter than that of Gen Xers. These generational differences occur in both 16–28 and 24–36 age ranges. Demographic theory suggests that these differences may remain in later life stages.
Abstract Using U.S. nationwide travel surveys for 1995, 2001, 2009 and 2017, this study compares Millennials with their previous generation (Gen Xers) in terms of their automobile travel across different neighborhood patterns. At the age of 16–28 years old, Millennials have lower daily personal vehicle miles traveled and car trips than Gen Xers in urban (higher-density) and suburban (lower-density) neighborhoods. Such differences remain unchanged after adjusting for the socio-economic, vehicle ownership, life cycle, year-specific and regional-specific factors. In addition, the associations between residential density and automobile travel for the 16–28-year-old Millennials are flatter than that for Gen Xers, controlling for the aforementioned covariates. These generational differences remain for the 24–36-year-old Millennials, during the period when the U.S. economy was recovering from the recession. These findings show that, in both urban and suburban neighborhoods, Millennials in the U.S. are less auto-centric than the previous generation during early life stages, regardless of economic conditions. Whether such difference persists over later life stages remains an open question and is worth continuous attention.
Has the relationship between urban and suburban automobile travel changed across generations? Comparing Millennials and Generation Xers in the United States
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4861-6002
Highlights Millennials have lower personal VMT than Gen Xers across residential density types. Millennials make fewer car trips than Gen Xers across residential density types. Millennial’s density-automobility associations are flatter than that of Gen Xers. These generational differences occur in both 16–28 and 24–36 age ranges. Demographic theory suggests that these differences may remain in later life stages.
Abstract Using U.S. nationwide travel surveys for 1995, 2001, 2009 and 2017, this study compares Millennials with their previous generation (Gen Xers) in terms of their automobile travel across different neighborhood patterns. At the age of 16–28 years old, Millennials have lower daily personal vehicle miles traveled and car trips than Gen Xers in urban (higher-density) and suburban (lower-density) neighborhoods. Such differences remain unchanged after adjusting for the socio-economic, vehicle ownership, life cycle, year-specific and regional-specific factors. In addition, the associations between residential density and automobile travel for the 16–28-year-old Millennials are flatter than that for Gen Xers, controlling for the aforementioned covariates. These generational differences remain for the 24–36-year-old Millennials, during the period when the U.S. economy was recovering from the recession. These findings show that, in both urban and suburban neighborhoods, Millennials in the U.S. are less auto-centric than the previous generation during early life stages, regardless of economic conditions. Whether such difference persists over later life stages remains an open question and is worth continuous attention.
Has the relationship between urban and suburban automobile travel changed across generations? Comparing Millennials and Generation Xers in the United States
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4861-6002
Highlights Millennials have lower personal VMT than Gen Xers across residential density types. Millennials make fewer car trips than Gen Xers across residential density types. Millennial’s density-automobility associations are flatter than that of Gen Xers. These generational differences occur in both 16–28 and 24–36 age ranges. Demographic theory suggests that these differences may remain in later life stages.
Abstract Using U.S. nationwide travel surveys for 1995, 2001, 2009 and 2017, this study compares Millennials with their previous generation (Gen Xers) in terms of their automobile travel across different neighborhood patterns. At the age of 16–28 years old, Millennials have lower daily personal vehicle miles traveled and car trips than Gen Xers in urban (higher-density) and suburban (lower-density) neighborhoods. Such differences remain unchanged after adjusting for the socio-economic, vehicle ownership, life cycle, year-specific and regional-specific factors. In addition, the associations between residential density and automobile travel for the 16–28-year-old Millennials are flatter than that for Gen Xers, controlling for the aforementioned covariates. These generational differences remain for the 24–36-year-old Millennials, during the period when the U.S. economy was recovering from the recession. These findings show that, in both urban and suburban neighborhoods, Millennials in the U.S. are less auto-centric than the previous generation during early life stages, regardless of economic conditions. Whether such difference persists over later life stages remains an open question and is worth continuous attention.
Has the relationship between urban and suburban automobile travel changed across generations? Comparing Millennials and Generation Xers in the United States
Wang, Xize (author)
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice ; 129 ; 107-122
2019-08-13
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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