The anti-car agenda may be gathering strength in some quarters, but data just released by the RAC proves that drivers haven’t recognised any improvement in the public transport alternatives in more than three decades.
No fewer than 81 per cent of drivers say they’d find it very difficult to adjust to life without a car, according to RAC polling, a figure the organisation says is remarkably consistent with 1989, when it first posed the question to drivers.
Meanwhile, 40 per cent of drivers currently state they have no feasible alternative to commuting by car, a figure that rises to 70 per cent for drivers living outside towns and cities. Even in urban centres, only 50 per cent of drivers regard taking the bus to work as a viable option, with numbers falling to 26 per cent in the suburbs and 11 per cent for countryside dwellers.
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