Agree. Reminds me of this stat from a blog we released when the gov first started amplifying the ‘war on motorists’ rhetoric: - For those living on the very lowest incomes, the running costs of keeping a car can exceed a fifth of their weekly income And that’s not accounting for buying a car
Cars are central to many people’s lives and the 2021 Census revealed that this dependency has grown over the last decade. Communities across the UK underst
We returned to that theme in a second blog where we argued: “…the government are wrong to equate dependence on a car with freedom. During a cost of living crisis, cars can be far from liberating – particularly for those on low incomes.”
The idea that cars will always dominate the way we travel has pervaded the UK for decades. It creates a vicious circle: people depend on their cars, theref