Less younger folk driving/owning cars?

[Blueberry]

That would Charlotte (and you must be in Charlotte it's self to use it) and the Raleigh/Durham area.

I would hardly call Raleigh Durham's decent. It's laughable, and barely useable for most people. The bus drivers are also notoriously bad (one killed a pedestrian last night).

I do think younger people are making more of an effort to try to use public transit. Whether it's viable is a whole 'nother issue.

[Melalvai]

I've heard it's a trend, that young people are driving less. I've heard a) price of gas and b) smart phones as reasons why.
My daughter (17) doesn't have her driver's license yet, which is unusual in rural Midwest where there is no transit at all. But she's definitely an exception.

[Koronin]

I would hardly call Raleigh Durham's decent. It's laughable, and barely useable for most people. The bus drivers are also notoriously bad (one killed a pedestrian last night).

I do think younger people are making more of an effort to try to use public transit. Whether it's viable is a whole 'nother issue.

That's the problem. Compared to the rest of the states (except maybe Charlotte) Raleigh/Durham's publican transportation would be decent. Most of the rest of the state it's non existent.

[Owlie]

I hate having to have a car. I'd rather put the money for gas/insurance/registration toward something else, like my student loans. Alas, I live in a suburb that turns rural very quickly and has never heard of sidewalks.

I used to live in Cleveland, which had decent public transport, and the area I lived in was extremely walkable. I'd have preferred to have had a car in case of emergencies (and a little more freedom to go to places that public transport can't reach), but I loved that it wasn't a necessity.

[smilingcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULnp...eature=g-all-u

We have car2go in Portland. definitely for urban center. A new way to go if you only need a car on occasion. Love the concept.

Germans are so forward in thinking!! Electrical grid gets much of its power from reneweable, wind, solar and even tidal power. Germany doesn't get anywhere near the solar that US gets. They are also shutting down all their nukes. And they have lots of smart/green houses which creates more power than it needs...

toll!

[shootingstar]

This year, car2go, the fee-based car co-op was just introduced in Calgary this year. Company claims 10,000 subscribers. Most of these cars are located and used in the downtown area.

[nuliajuk]

Saskatchewan is Big Truck country. Seems that young people who grew up here just have to have one, but I do see a lot of people using bikes in my part of town, near the university. Public transit here is laughable - if I took the bus to/from work, it would take only about 10 minutes less than walking the same 4.3 k distance. I can ride a bike in half the time.
Cost is definitely a factor. Entry level jobs don't pay what they did back in the 70s and 80s, and housing costs here are sky high.

[shootingstar]

I don't get the big truck impression among younger folk in Calgary (Alberta). In general, I've more big truck or 4x4's in this city compared to Vancouver or Toronto. If anything, it's the younger generation (post high school) downtown that may be driving the use of the car co-op since they might not be able to afford to buy a car when in debt from student loans,etc.