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作者

Alexa Delbosc;Noreen McDonald;Gordon Stokes;Karen Lucas;Giovanni Circella;Yongsung Lee

来源

CITIES,Vol.90,Issue1,Pages 1-14

语言

英文

关键字

Millennials;Young adults;Travel behaviour;Public transport;Transit;Vehicle miles travelled

作者单位

Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, 23 College Walk (Building 60), Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;Department of City & Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Building, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3140, United States of America;Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QV, United Kingdom;Institute for Transport Studies, University Of Leeds, 34-40 University Road, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom;School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States of America;School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 760 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States of America;Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, 23 College Walk (Building 60), Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;Department of City & Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Building, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3140, United States of America;Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QV, United Kingdom;Institute for Transport Studies, University Of Leeds, 34-40 University Road, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom;School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States of America;School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 760 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States of America

摘要

A recent explosion of research on the travel behaviour of the millennial generation has found that compared to past generations they are taking longer to get a driving license, driving less, owning fewer cars and using transit more. Yet these findings are not universal with some countries seeing increases in driver licensing, little change in driving or reductions in public transport use. Most past research has explored wider social and economic explanations for these trends, such as income constraints and delays in adult life transitions. Very few studies have examined the role that local context plays in explaining the change (or the lack of change) in millennial travel behaviour. This paper aims to compare how trends in young adult travel behaviour differ across diverse city contexts. It uses a comparative descriptive analysis of household travel surveys from cities in three countries (UK, USA and Australia), focussing on auto-miles and transit-miles travelled. We find that each city experienced markedly different trends in young adult travel behaviour that are unlikely to be explained by economic differences alone. We suggest that changes to the transport systems in these cities are likely to be playing an under-recognised role in shaping travel behaviour. We suggest that further research should pay greater attention to the role of the transport system in supporting changes to travel behaviour among the next generation of young adults.