Largest decreases in car use:
- New York = -9.4%
- Boston = -7.8%
- San Francisco = -4.6%
- Portland = -4.3%
- Washington = -3.3%
- Seattle = -3.2%
- Los Angeles = -2.4%
- Charlotte = -1.5%
- Miami = -1.3%
Largest increases in car use:
- Pittsburgh = 1.1%
- St. Louis = 1.2%
- Riverside = 2.3%
- Minneapolis = 2.8%
- Baltimore = 3..6%
- San Antonio = 4.8%
- San Diego = 8.1%
Note: Geography is at the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) level. Data is from the 1980 Census and the 2009-2013 5-year estimates for the American Community Survey.
Source: American Community Survey 2009-2013. Retrieved from: U.S. Census Bureau (2013). "Young Adults Then and Now": Census Explorer interactive mapping tool. Accessed at: https://www.census.gov/censusexplorer/censusexplorer-youngadults.html
See also: Jaffe, E. (2014, December 8). "It Turns Out That Millennials Do Drive." CityLab. Accessed at: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2014/12/these-numbers-challenge-the-notion-that-young-people-dont-drive/383431/