Tag: millennials

Collaborative Consumption Helps American Millennials Drive Less, Share More

A combination of car-sharing, bike-sharing, and high quality public transportation apps have helped change the relationship between U.S. drivers and cars. The average number of miles driven by Americans has fallen steadily since 2005, and a generational shift has accelerated the change: Between 2001 and 2009, the average number of miles driven by 16- to 34-year-olds… Read more

NY Times: Young Americans Driving Less

“For six decades, Americans have tended to drive more every year. But in the middle of the last decade, the number of miles driven — both over all and per capita — began to drop, notes a report to be published on Tuesday by U.S. Pirg, a nonprofit advocacy organization. People tend to drive less during recessions,… Read more

Study: Millennials and Driving (Zipcar)

In 2011, Zipcar commissioned a survey to explore the attitudes of Generation Y, or Millennials, to driving and car ownership. View the results of this study here.