2004 Was Peak for Americans to Drive

[LongBlade]

An interesting study has come out revealing that car driving in America peaked in 2004.

Prior to that driving matched economic activity. But between the internet and new environmentally-conscious drivers since 2004 driving has fallen in about every measurable category.

http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1084275_its-not-the-economy-after-all-americans-began-driving-less-in-2004

And this article has a better graphic explaining different measures and their decline: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/07/29/another-study-confirms-that-driving-in-us-peaked-in-2004/?intcmp=HPBucket

[Martok]

I don't remember which newspaper it was, but I read an article a few months ago about how car sales are likely to plummet over the next 10-20 years, as Millennials are prone to not driving nearly as much as previous generations. 

[airboy]

Both of you are right according to multiple articles in the business press.

Driving goes down when you are unemployed for obvious reasons.  But many in the younger generation do not own a car and either ride-share or use mass transit.  Of course, you have to be in a dense urban area to pull that one off.

[Windigo]

so that would be Washington DC  ??

[W8taminute]

Americans are driving less?  Please tell that to the 1000+ cars a day I have to plow through going to and from work.  If anything I see more cars on the road and hence more brutal traffic jams and delays.  I can't take it anymore and I love to drive.  Just not when everyone and their grandma are on the road.

[DoctorQuest]

I would give up driving to work in a second if we had good mass transit.

What I really want is a transporter.

[Martok]

I would give up driving to work in a second if we had good mass transit.

What I really want is a transporter.

+1 to both statements. 

[Windigo]

I would give up driving to work in a second if we had good mass transit.

What I really want is a transporter.

+1 to both statements.

or a really cool long range trebuchet and a very reliable parachute

[DoctorQuest]

I would give up driving to work in a second if we had good mass transit.

What I really want is a transporter.

+1 to both statements.

or a really cool long range trebuchet and a very reliable parachute

And, yes, I know the jetpacks look cool but, really, do you want to be at 2,000 ft and have one fail? The human body glides like a rock.

[LongBlade]

I would give up driving to work in a second if we had good mass transit.

What I really want is a transporter.

What? And have your molecules scattered all over tarnation? No thanks. I'm a doctor, not a molecular reconstructionist!

[GDS_Starfury]

a constitutionally secular molecular reconstructionist?

[LongBlade]

a constitutionally secular molecular reconstructionist?

Those are some big words for a guy who owes me a review.

[Windigo]

a constitutionally secular molecular reconstructionist?

Those are some big words for a guy who owes me a review.

OMNFG!!!! Not only a coffee spew, but a guffaw and a snort too!!!!

The noble no-prize of the month goes to LB