What causes families to buy or give up a car in the U.S.? Following the mobility biography approach, we use a nationally representative panel data set, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), to examine the role of life events and changes in the built environment and compare the effect that these events have on changes in car ownership. We find that coupling, graduating from college, and the birth or adoption of a child all are associated with increases in car ownership, while breaking up is associated with decreases in car ownership. Moving to or away from transit-rich, dense, walkable neighborhoods matters but only when one moves to a very different type of neighborhood. We also find that life events have a stronger association with ga...
There is widespread interest in reducing vehicle-miles of travel as a policy goal. Any progress towa...
US Transportation Collection2020PDFTech ReportKlein, Nicholas J.Cornell UniversityCornell University...
This study investigates the impact of entry into parenthood on changes in car ownership. If entry in...
This paper analyzes households' decision to change their car ownership level in response to actions/...
Recent longitudinal studies of household car ownership have examined factors associated with increas...
Most American households rely on vehicles for access to employment and other opportunities, but thei...
© 2016 The Authors Quantitative studies have revealed that changes to the number of cars owned by ho...
This paper analyzes households' decision to change their car ownership level in response to actions/...
AbstractQuantitative studies have revealed that changes to the number of cars owned by households ar...
The PhD study presented in this thesis sets out to address the question: How and why does household ...
Access to cars and transit can influence individuals’ ability to reach opportunities such as jobs, h...
The attention to life-course events for better understanding travel behavior has increased recently....
This research investigates the car ownership of young households in the central Puget Sound region a...
Recent research has indicated that changes in travel behavior are more likely at the time of major l...
Project DescriptionWhat happens when you give poor families a car? For decades, scholars have sugges...
There is widespread interest in reducing vehicle-miles of travel as a policy goal. Any progress towa...
US Transportation Collection2020PDFTech ReportKlein, Nicholas J.Cornell UniversityCornell University...
This study investigates the impact of entry into parenthood on changes in car ownership. If entry in...
This paper analyzes households' decision to change their car ownership level in response to actions/...
Recent longitudinal studies of household car ownership have examined factors associated with increas...
Most American households rely on vehicles for access to employment and other opportunities, but thei...
© 2016 The Authors Quantitative studies have revealed that changes to the number of cars owned by ho...
This paper analyzes households' decision to change their car ownership level in response to actions/...
AbstractQuantitative studies have revealed that changes to the number of cars owned by households ar...
The PhD study presented in this thesis sets out to address the question: How and why does household ...
Access to cars and transit can influence individuals’ ability to reach opportunities such as jobs, h...
The attention to life-course events for better understanding travel behavior has increased recently....
This research investigates the car ownership of young households in the central Puget Sound region a...
Recent research has indicated that changes in travel behavior are more likely at the time of major l...
Project DescriptionWhat happens when you give poor families a car? For decades, scholars have sugges...
There is widespread interest in reducing vehicle-miles of travel as a policy goal. Any progress towa...
US Transportation Collection2020PDFTech ReportKlein, Nicholas J.Cornell UniversityCornell University...
This study investigates the impact of entry into parenthood on changes in car ownership. If entry in...