Less younger folk driving/owning cars?

[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.