America's Generation Y not driven to drive - Yahoo! News ⇢

From 2001 to 2009, the average annual number of vehicle-miles traveled by people ages 16-34 dropped 23 percent, from 10,300 to 7,900, the survey found. Gen Y-ers, also known as Millennials, tend to ride bicycles, take public transit and rely on virtual media.

More than a quarter of Millennials - 26 percent - lacked a driver’s license in 2010, up 5 percentage points from 2000, the Federal Highway Administration reported.

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   Very interesting statistic.

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   No shit.

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    “They’re shouldering higher mortgage costs, rent; their insurance costs are higher than previous generation’s,” Jacobs...

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