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The decline in car use. A long-lasting effect? French and Canadian young adults’ relationship with mobility

Panel: 4. Mobility, transport, and smart and sustainable cities

This is a peer-reviewed paper.

Authors:
Nathalie Ortar, ENTPE-Laboratoire Aménagement Economie Transports (UMR 5593), France
Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin, LAET/Université de Lyon, France

Abstract

Many Western countries are thought to have attained a car peak, this being especially true of urban areas. The car is viewed as having lost some of its appeal, with other modes of transport gaining favour. The change in people’s means of getting about can mostly be seen among the young, who are using cars less and are less inclined to take the driving test than in previous decades. One view is that the reduced tendency to obtain a driving licence is merely a delay which will gradually be made up for later on, even though it does seem probable that the numbers of people holding a driving licence remain lower. It is on this point that we have chosen to focus our attention, based on a qualitative survey carried out in Lyon (France) and Montreal (Canada), showing how mobility has evolved in the case of young adults aged around thirty. The article questions the relationship with the automobile and the reasons for the change in social practices by exiling the daily uses of different modes of transport.

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