Peak Car: A Generational Approach

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.
• Authors:
  • Van Acker, Veronique
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
• Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobile travel; Automobiles; Logistic regression analysis; Mobility; Mode choice; Sustainable transportation; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Generation Y
• Geographic Terms: Flanders (Belgium)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01658070
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-04403
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 26 2018 9:47AM