It’s hard to believe but Americans really are driving less. At first it they thought was due to The Economy & High Gas Prices. Then it was because of Those Odd Millennials. But more and more it seems like maybe something else is going on…
- America’s Driving Less, and This Evidence Suggests It’s Not About the Economy
- Americans Driving Less As Car Culture Wanes
- More Evidence That Unemployment Doesn’t Explain the Decline in Driving
- It’s Not The Economy After All: Americans Began Driving Less In 2004
But maybe it’s a good thing?
- Study: Seattle drivers among worst in U.S.
- Exploring the Curious Connections Between Traffic Deaths and NFL Home Games
- Bad driving: what are we thinking?
- How Does a Teen Cross the Road? While Texting.
Speaking of texintg and teens…
Graphic from
Safe Kids Worldwide
So, what does the future hold?
- How Will Self-Driving Cars Change the Urban Landscape?
- Nissan LEAF sales are up 335% year-over-year in US, here are the top 15 cities for sales
- U.S. Bike-Sharing Fleet More than Doubles in 2013
- Conspicuous Consumption: The Importance of Bike Share Branding
- To Attract Millennials, Automakers Look To Smartphones
- Seattle, King Co. Mull Ways to Regulate Ride-Share Services
- Teens Use Twitter To Thumb Rides
- Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop, the Solar-Powered High-Speed Future of Inter-City Transportation
Odds are no matter what we think today, tomorrow will be different in ways we can’t imagine. (And we still won’t get our jetpacks!)
And let’s not forget this awesome rendition of what Pine St. will look like in 2014 as imagined in 1914.
See the high-res version at Vintage Seattle