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Young households
debt burden from student loans makes the purchases of a
house and a car more dif
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cult. This is likely to encourage residential locations of
young households to places with travel alternatives to the private car
The slowing pace of suburbanization of the past decades is expected to continue
in the future along with a reduction in VMT growth
The increasing cost of owning and operating a car will reduce car ownership
growth and VMT.
6.3.2 Implications
Although the per capita automobile growth rate is at near saturation levels, future
growth in automobile travel, while slower than in previous decades, will continue
place more pressure on urban streets and highways. This condition will increase
congestion levels and will increase the need for strategies to make road networks
more ef
cient and will require additional capacity (where possible) to keep pace
with this growth.
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