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Title:

Peak Car: A Generational Approach

Accession Number:

01658070

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In ‘peak car’ literature, lower shares of car use among young adults are often explained by claiming that Generation Y has a different attitude towards mobility, being more pro-environment and less car oriented. However, a generational comparison of mobility attitudes in Flanders, Belgium, proved this is only partly true. Generation Y is indeed the least car-oriented, but also the least pro- environment compared to older generations. Moreover, Generation Y might indeed be less addicted to their cars but this is only in comparison with the oldest generation of Boomers and not compared to Generation X with whom differences are negligible. Moreover, logistic regressions pointed out that attitudes are important determinants of modal choices for active leisure activities. However, this does not only apply to Generation Y but also to the older generations. These findings indicate that such sustainable mobility attitudes cannot be attributed to Generation Y as a unique feature of this generation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee A0020T Special Task Force on Climate Change and Energy.

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-04403

Language:

English

Authors:

Van Acker, Veronique

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Generation Y

Geographic Terms:

Flanders (Belgium)

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-04403

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 11:05AM