mobility with an autonomous car share fleet one tenth the size of its current vehicle fleet. Countries Australia Belgium Canada France Germany Japan New Zealand Norway South Korea Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States Note, in China there is a forecast of tremendous growth in car ownership and travel, although there is also greater awareness of environmental issues as well as issues of inequality between car-owners and non-owners. Declines in specific countries Germany The city of Hamburg in its so-called Green Network Plan, is considering ways of phasing out automobile traffic in the city center over the next two decades by increasing public transportation and adding special routes for cyclists and people on foot. United Kingdom One report suggested driving in the United Kingdom has been declining since 1990. The number of 17- to 20-year-olds with driving licences declined from 48% during the early-1990s to 35% in 2011, according to one report. Traffic by cars and taxis has declined since 2007. One report suggested renewed growth in rail travel, such that there was a "rail renaissance" underway. The City of London has been experiencing a fall in the number of cars on the roads. In 2022 the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reported a second consecutive year of declining car ownership. United States A report in Time Magazine suggested Americans are "driving less and less each year." It noted that fewer Americans were "commuting solo" to work. Road congestion nationwide declined by 27% in 2011. There is some evidence of a generational shift. For example, one 24-year-old with a car moved to Washington, D.C. for work purposes but did not take her car, and she explained: According to transportation consultant Roy Kienitz, driving habits began to change in 2004 before the 2007-2010 recession started. Cities Declines of total 'vehicle kilometers traveled' (vkt) in selected cities as reported in the research: See also Braess's paradox Car costs Car dependency Induced demand List of countries by vehicles per capita References Further reading Australia Traffic Growth: Modelling a Global Phenomenon, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Australian Government, March 2012. Traffic Growth in Australia, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Australian Government, March 2012. United Kingdom (e-book edition) Due diligence, traffic forecasts pensions Goodwin, P. Local Transport Today (subscription) 13 April 2012 Government funding for council road building criticised as ‘peak car’ phenomenon debated Local Transport Today (subscription) 21 October 2011 Economic restructuring