Deloitte recently asked 1,000 Americans if they would be willing to give up car ownership in favor of something that they are calling "Mobility-as-a-Service." This umbrella moniker is meant to capture everything from public transit and bike shares to Ubers and car rentals.
Here are the results:

What's interesting is how willing young people seem to be to forgo car ownership. (Note: Willing, here, includes people who answered somewhat willing, willing, and very willing.)
It's also doesn't seem to be dependent on geography. Broadly speaking, urbanites are more likely to say that they would be willing to give up owning a car. In this survey, 50% of people in urban areas said that they would be at least somewhat willing, whereas the number drops to 17% for people in rural and suburban areas. But oddly enough, young people in rural and suburban areas are just as willing, if not more willing than their urban counterparts. I wonder why.
This maybe suggests that we are seeing a generational shift in how younger people view car ownership. That, or they haven't started having enough kids yet and their perspective will change as they get older. If I had to guess, I'd say it's a mix of both, but more of the former. Because look at the large spread between the next two cohorts in the above chart. There are some trends here (assuming this data is representative). It's not just about family life.
Also noteworthy is the fact that Canadians are some of the most unwilling people, according to this survey:

Personally, I hate driving. I look forward to the day when most cars drive themselves. So I'd place myself in the very willing camp. What about you?
I, in contrast, love driving (as well as maintaining and restoring vintage vehicles). For me and my friends (we all grew up in the seventies and eighties where shop class exposure was the norm), this work is a form of time travel. When I wrench on a friend’s E Type, part of the attraction is figuring out why the designers and builders of the sixties did what they did. When we solve a problem, sometimes after a few attempts, the results are very satisfying. We can sense what a design team put into each vehicle. The experience of driving an E Type is very different from driving a late ‘60s 911 which is also very different from driving a mid-eighties 944. I have a pretty good sense that David Wex would concur!
I totally get this. It's a hobby and passion. I like cars as design objects.
Thanks for this Brandon. I’ve been tracking declining young generations drivers license attainment over the past three generations. This study shows the result. Cities should plan for this future.
I'd love to see more data on this.