Transportation

Giving Teens the Option Not to Drive

The Adolescent Mobility Health Consortium sees teen driving as an urgent public health issue.
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As we absorb the latest round of evidence that Millennials are leading the way in reducing vehicle miles traveled in the United States, a group of academics and advocates is meeting in New Zealand to discuss ways to reduce driving among teenagers on a global scale.

The Adolescent Mobility Health Consortium, holding its second annual symposium at the University of Otago in Dunedin, is a group of people from around the world who see teen driving as an urgent public health issue that needs to be addressed in order to save lives.