More Michigan teens hit the brakes on learning to drive
More Michigan teens hit the brakes on learning to drive

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More Michigan teens hit the brakes on learning to drive | Bridge Michigan

- 56 percent of Michigan teenagers had driver’s licenses in 2021, down from 66 percent in 2000
- Reasons for the decline include being too busy to learn and high car ownership costs
- Cuts in driver’s ed funding may be disproportionately impacting Black and low-income teens
Horse has already left that barn. We need public transportation to link our sprawl.
Redevelopment can be walkable. It'll take a half century or two to get a lot of walkable areas, but we can get there over time.