The car is great. Long live the car!

car in a rural area with an arm holding a hat out the window in celebration

In my work on car dependence and travel demand reduction, there is something that I have been fascinated and frustrated by in equal measure. Rarely have I had a personal or professional conversation about the need to reduce car dependence without immediately triggering an extreme reaction seemingly out of nowhere. It goes something like this: … Read more

Fuel Duty Reforms: Stuck in the Slow Lane

The media is full of coverage of the dilemma facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the forthcoming budget. Professor Greg Marsden suggests that anything that is announced in the budget will just be a sticking plaster. The real issue, he argues is the £79bn we spend on simply owning, maintaining and insuring cars in the UK … Read more