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  Microsoft Word - Report on cars final 7-31-06.doc [pdf]

  http://pewresearch.org/assets/social/pdf/Cars.pdf

  Fewer Americans like to drive, survey shows Americans and Their Cars: Is the Romance on the Skids? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President Cary Funk, Senior Project Director Peyton ... Craighill, Project Director MEDIA INQUIRIES CONTACT: Pew Research Center 202 419 4332 http://pewresearch.org 1 Americans and Their Cars: Is the Romance on the Skids? Any nation with more passenger vehicles than licensed drivers has a pretty serious love affair with the automobile. But the romance seems to be cooling off a bit—a casualty of its own intensity. Today 69% of American drivers say they like to drive, down from 79% in a 1991 Gallup survey. And just 23% say they consider their car “something special—more than just a way to get around,” barely half of the 43% who felt this way in 1991. The biggest reason for the cooling of the affair isn’t the recent spike in gas prices. Rather, it appears to be the result of a longer term trend—the growing hassle of traffic congestion, according   [More...] [Less...]

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