Peak car

[4] In a series of international comparisons starting in 1993 and continuing until his death in 2011, the American researcher Lee Schipper[5][6] and his colleagues noted that car traffic growth had slowed or ceased in a number of developed economies.

The 'peak car' hypothesis was proposed after declines in traffic during the morning peak period were observed from the mid 1990s in some places and at a national level since about 2008.

Local Transport Today, a professional transport journal in the United Kingdom, reported that the number "peak car traffic" entering Britain's town and city centres during the morning peak hours had declined significantly over the previous ten years; of 21 areas studied all except Leeds had seen falls.

[7] Between June and September 2010 Professor Phil Goodwin published a series of articles in the UK professional transport press suggesting that data showed not merely a plateau in vehicle miles driven but rather a decline in overall automobile usage per capita.

[13] He then published articles in 2010 and 2012 suggesting that the Department's forecasts of growth were erroneous because in the UK a saturated peak level had already been reached.

[19] By 2016, several papers[20][21][22] have cast doubt on the peak car phenomenon, demonstrating that economic and sociodemographic factors account for most or all of the observed slowdowns.

Analysts such as Newman[19] as well as views expressed in the journal edited by Melia entitled World Transport Policy and Practice[24] point to various interrelated causes.

Furthermore, some young people feel that driving interferes with texting.Another elaborated about the saturation of demand hypothesis: They say as we get richer, we'll want to travel more.

[34] In addition, a corroborating view by Paul Watters suggested that car usage will continue to be important in Britain, and that there will not be "shattering change" by 2020.

I think I might give it to my parents...According to transportation consultant Roy Kienitz, driving habits began to change in 2004 before the 2007-2010 recession started.