The Car in
British Society
Karen Lucas and Peter Jones
,The Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring Limited is a charity established to promote the environment,
economic, mobility and safety issues relating to the use of motor vehicles.
RAC Foundation
89-91 Pall Mall
London
SW1Y 5HS
Tel no: 020 7747 3445
www.racfoundation.org
Registered Charity No. 1002705
April 2009 © Copyright Royal Automobile Club Foundation
This report has been prepared for the RAC Foundation by Elizabeth Gilliard, Peter Jones, Scott Le Vine, Karen
Lucas and John Polak. The report content is the view of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of
the RAC Foundation.
,The Car in
British Society
Karen Lucas and Peter Jones
, Project team
Elizabeth Gilliard, Independent Consultant.
Peter Jones, University College London.
Scott Le Vine, Imperial College London.
Karen Lucas, University of Oxford.
John Polak, Imperial College London.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Anthony Psaila our focus
group facilitator and Roselle Thoreau, University College London, for her assistance on
the literature review and expert seminar. We would also like to thank the Royal
Automobile Club Foundation’s Steering Group for their valuable comments and advice.
Royal Automobile Club Foundation Steering Group
David Holmes CB, Chairman.
Stephen Glaister CBE, Director.
Elizabeth Dainton, Head of Research.
David Leibling, Royal Automobile Club Foundation Public Policy Committee.
Philip Wood, Public Policy Committee Foundation Public Policy Committee.
Thanks also go to the Foundation staff: Jo Abbott, Fiona Coyne and Philip Gomm.
British Society
Karen Lucas and Peter Jones
,The Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring Limited is a charity established to promote the environment,
economic, mobility and safety issues relating to the use of motor vehicles.
RAC Foundation
89-91 Pall Mall
London
SW1Y 5HS
Tel no: 020 7747 3445
www.racfoundation.org
Registered Charity No. 1002705
April 2009 © Copyright Royal Automobile Club Foundation
This report has been prepared for the RAC Foundation by Elizabeth Gilliard, Peter Jones, Scott Le Vine, Karen
Lucas and John Polak. The report content is the view of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of
the RAC Foundation.
,The Car in
British Society
Karen Lucas and Peter Jones
, Project team
Elizabeth Gilliard, Independent Consultant.
Peter Jones, University College London.
Scott Le Vine, Imperial College London.
Karen Lucas, University of Oxford.
John Polak, Imperial College London.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Anthony Psaila our focus
group facilitator and Roselle Thoreau, University College London, for her assistance on
the literature review and expert seminar. We would also like to thank the Royal
Automobile Club Foundation’s Steering Group for their valuable comments and advice.
Royal Automobile Club Foundation Steering Group
David Holmes CB, Chairman.
Stephen Glaister CBE, Director.
Elizabeth Dainton, Head of Research.
David Leibling, Royal Automobile Club Foundation Public Policy Committee.
Philip Wood, Public Policy Committee Foundation Public Policy Committee.
Thanks also go to the Foundation staff: Jo Abbott, Fiona Coyne and Philip Gomm.
