Editing Millennials (section)

==Preferred modes of transport==
[[File:Guy on a scooter (44759596865).jpg|thumb|Manhattan, 2018. Modern kick scooters are popular among the generation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Michael |title=Confessions of a Grown-Up Kick-Scooter Rider |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/confessions-of-a-grown-up-kick-scooter-rider-1431098923 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Resnick |first1=Brian |last2=Journal |first2=National |title=The Most Dangerous Toys in America |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/the-most-dangerous-toys-in-america/454332/ |website=The Atlantic |date=2 December 2014}}</ref> 7 million Razor scooters were sold in America alone during 2000-2001<ref>{{cite news |title=The Man Behind the Scooter Revolution |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/how-a-kids-scooter-became-a-micro-mobility-revolution |work=Bloomberg.com |date=26 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref>]]
Millennials in the U.S. were initially not keen on getting a driver's license or owning a vehicle thanks to new licensing laws and the state of the economy when they came of age, but the oldest among them have already begun buying cars in great numbers. In 2016, millennials purchased more cars and trucks than any living generation except the Baby Boomers; in fact, millennials overtook Baby Boomers in car ownership in California that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/e79c1cee3730465d95f4e133239ca14b|title=Millennials are finally arriving in the car market|last=Durbin|first=Dee-Ann|date=9 March 2016|work=Associated Press|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> A working paper by economists Christopher Knittel and Elizabeth Murphy then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Household Transportation Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau, and American Community Survey in order to compare the driving habits of the Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the oldest millennials (born between 1980 and 1984). That found that on the surface, the popular story is true: American millennials on average own 0.4 fewer cars than their elders. But when various factors—including income, marital status, number of children, and geographical location—were taken into account, such a distinction ceased to be. In addition, once those factors are accounted for, millennials actually drive longer distances than the Baby Boomers. Economic forces, namely low gasoline prices, higher income, and suburban growth, result in millennials having an attitude towards cars that is no different from that of their predecessors. An analysis of the National Household Travel Survey by the State Smart Transportation Initiative revealed that higher-income millennials drive less than their peers probably because they are able to afford the higher costs of living in large cities, where they can take advantage of alternative modes of transportation, including public transit and ride-hailing services.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/03/millennial-car-ownership-driving-behavior-vehicle-data/585667/|title=Despite "Car-Free" Hype, Millennials Drive a Lot|last=Bliss|first=Laura|date=27 March 2019|work=CityLab|access-date=3 November 2019|department=Transportation}}</ref>

According to the Pew Research Center, young people are more likely to ride [[Public transportation in the United States|public transit]]. In 2016, 21% of adults aged 18 to 21 took public transit on a daily, almost daily, or weekly basis. By contrast, this number of all U.S. adults was 11%.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/07/who-relies-on-public-transit-in-the-u-s/ft_16-04-06_pubtrans_demographic/|title=Public transit use varies by demographic group|date=6 April 2016|website=Pew Research Center|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> Nationwide, about three quarters of American commuters drive their own cars.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/measuring-up-u-s-infrastructure-against-other-countries| title=Measuring up U.S. infrastructure against other countries| last=Baroud| first=Hiba |date=18 February 2018|work=PBS Newshour|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> Also according to Pew, 51% of U.S. adults aged 18 to 29 used [[Lyft]] or [[Uber]] in 2018 compared to 28% in 2015. That number for all U.S. adults were 15% in 2015 and 36% in 2018. In general, users tend to be urban residents, young (18–29), university graduates, and high income earners ($75,000 a year or more).<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/04/more-americans-are-using-ride-hailing-apps/ |title=More Americans are using ride-hailing apps| last=Jiang |first=Jingjing |date=4 January 2019|website=Pew Research Center |access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>