While more and more teens and twentysomethings are forgoing driver’s licenses, the most recent trend holds true for pretty much all age groups, say University of Michigan researchers.
In a new report examining changes in driver licensure in the U.S. from 1983 to 2014, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute found a continuous decrease in the percentage of those under age 45 with a license.
Even the proportion of Americans ages 45-69 with driver’s licenses have declined overall since 2008, following a 25-year rise.
The study reinforces previous findings by Sivak and Schoettle that show