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Behind the Driving Increase

Started by cpzilliacus, March 18, 2015, 11:26:36 AM

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cpzilliacus

March 18, 2015, 11:26:36 AM  
NewGeography.com: Behind the Driving Increase

QuoteThe Federal Highway Administration reported that driving increased 1.7 percent between 2013 and 2014 in the United States. This compares to virtually no increase over the period from 2004 to 2013. The 2014 increase will come as a disappointment to those who have perceived that the flat driving volumes of recent years signaled a shift in preferences away from driving. It had even been suggested that America had reached "peak car."

QuoteDespite the congruity of such sentiments with urban planning orthodoxy, it's somewhat risky to divine future economic trends from the perspective of a weak economy. It is rather like predicting future employment trends from realities of the late 1930s, when the world had still not climbed out of the Great Depression

QuoteThe problem for those who seek to replace the car is that the current form of cities, from Phoenix to Paris, requires cars to support the millions with middle-class standard of living. Of course, with a sufficient decline in the standard of living, cars could become less essential. After all, you don't need a car to not go to work when you are unemployed.
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jeffandnicole

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March 18, 2015, 11:31:54 AM  
But wasn't there a big increase until about 2008?  Why would they compare a 1 or 2 year period with a 10 year period?

froggie

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March 18, 2015, 01:50:13 PM  
Because of who Wendell Cox is.  Any slam on Millenials and those who don't drive is a good slam to him...

formulanone

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March 18, 2015, 02:13:57 PM  
Why the photo of US 1 at Fort Lauderdale International Airport?

Brandon

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March 18, 2015, 02:22:57 PM  
Quote from: froggie on March 18, 2015, 01:50:13 PM
Because of who Wendell Cox is.  Any slam on Millenials and those who don't drive is a good slam to him...

Just wait until the millenials get families and can actually afford something.  You'll see them drive more, and baby boomers drive less as they retire, grow older, and then finally die off.
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cpzilliacus

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March 18, 2015, 02:24:22 PM  
Quote from: froggie on March 18, 2015, 01:50:13 PM
Because of who Wendell Cox is.  Any slam on Millenials and those who don't drive is a good slam to him...

Do you have any factual objections to what he wrote in that piece?
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cpzilliacus

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March 18, 2015, 02:24:55 PM  
Quote from: formulanone on March 18, 2015, 02:13:57 PM
Why the photo of US 1 at Fort Lauderdale International Airport?

Stock photo (I assume).
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