Less car, more bicycle? Generation Y as pioneers of changing everyday mobility in Germany

European Transport Research Review

Original Paper

Dirk Konietzka¹  Lukas Neugebauer¹ 

[1] Institute of Sociology, TU Braunschweig, Bienroder Weg 97, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany;

关键词: Car use;    Bicycle use;    Birth cohorts;    Generation Y;    Generation X;    Time series;    Metropolises;    Rural areas;    Germany;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12544-023-00575-4

 received in 2022-07-27, accepted in 2023-01-16,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe paper examines whether the widespread assumption holds that younger birth cohorts (referred to as Millennials or Generation Y) act as pioneers of changing everyday mobility.MethodologyBased on the time-series dataset "Mobility in Germany" (Mobilität in Deutschland), cohort-specific changes in everyday bicycle and car use that have occurred between 2002 and 2017 are analyzed. The empirical analyses are differentiated by age-group and settlement type. Additionally, socio-structural factors are taken into account.ResultsThe results show a decline in the predominant everyday use of cars in metropolitan cities, especially among Generation Y. However, the Millennials do not emerge as pioneers of the trend toward predominant bicycle use. The results challenge the assumption that changes in everyday mobility are essentially driven by generational change.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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