The reasons for the recent decline in young driver licensing in the U.S.
dc.contributor.author | Schoettle, Brandon | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sivak, Michael | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-06T13:33:51Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-06T13:33:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
dc.identifier | Accession Number: 102951 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | UMTRI-2013-22 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/99124 | |
dc.description.abstract | This survey examined why a substantial percentage of young adults currently do not have a driver’s license, and the future plans of this group concerning obtaining a license. The survey yielded useable responses from 618 persons aged 18 to 39 without a driver’s license. The top eight reasons (primary or secondary) for not having a driver’s license were as follows: (1) too busy or not enough time to get a driver’s license (37%), (2) owning and maintaining a vehicle is too expensive (32%), (3) able to get transportation from others (31%), (4) prefer to bike or walk (22%), (5) prefer to use public transportation (17%), (6) concerned about how driving impacts the environment (9%), (7) able to communicate and/or conduct business online instead (8%), and (8) disability/medical/vision problems (7%). Of the respondents, 22% indicated that they plan on never getting a driver’s license. On the other hand, 69% expect to get a driver’s license within the next five years. Young adults without a driver’s license—in comparison with the general population of the same age—tend to have less education and higher unemployment. However, the present study was not designed to investigate whether there is a causal relationship, or the direction of the effect if there were such a relationship. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The University of Michigan Sustainable Worldwide Transportation | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 27 | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Transportation Research Institute | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Driver Licenses | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Drivers | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Licensing | en_US |
dc.title | The reasons for the recent decline in young driver licensing in the U.S. | en_US |
dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Transportation | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/99124/1/102951.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) |
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