Informing the debate

The RAC Foundation is happy to provide evidence-based comment where appropriate to help inform the transport debate. The press office is contactable on 020 7747 3486.

Many facts and figures of interest to journalists are available in our FAQs section. 

Below is a list of Foundation press releases and comments.

• May 2012(click to expand)

  • 15 May 2012
    Fuel for thought
  • 08 May 2012
    New road schemes welcomed

• April 2012(click to expand)

  • 03 Apr 2012
    European fuel prices

• March 2012(click to expand)

  • 30 Mar 2012
    Workplace parking levy
  • 23 Mar 2012
    LowCVP Annual Conference 2012
  • 21 Mar 2012
    Budget 2012 comment
  • 19 Mar 2012
    Private sector involvement on the roads

• February 2012(click to expand)

  • 29 Feb 2012
    Transport poverty
  • 01 Feb 2012
    MOT test announcement

• January 2012(click to expand)

  • 30 Jan 2012
    Drivers to pay larger 'victims surcharge'
  • 25 Jan 2012
    Lorry road user charging
  • 10 Jan 2012
    HS2 comment

• December 2011(click to expand)

  • 30 Dec 2011
    Number of cars in Britain at a record high
  • 19 Dec 2011
    Cars in the cold as garages used less
  • 14 Dec 2011
    Pothole review
  • 13 Dec 2011
    Cutting DfT costs - comment on NAO report
  • 07 Dec 2011
    RACF wins international road safety award
  • 07 Dec 2011
    Designated drivers rewarded this Christmas

• November 2011(click to expand)

  • 29 Nov 2011
    Autumn Statement comment
  • 21 Nov 2011
    Keeping the nation moving
  • 07 Nov 2011
    £11 billion road funding black hole
  • 04 Nov 2011
    Local heroes? Councils respond to eco-car drive
  • 03 Nov 2011
    Road deaths response

• October 2011(click to expand)

  • 27 Oct 2011
    C4's Kevin McCloud tests Delta E4 at Silverstone
  • 13 Oct 2011
    Signs and lines
  • 05 Oct 2011
    Kevin McCloud confirmed as RACF driver
  • 05 Oct 2011
    80 to be the new 70?

• September 2011(click to expand)

  • 19 Sep 2011
    Planning plea
  • 09 Sep 2011
    CBI calls for private road capacity

• August 2011(click to expand)

  • 05 Aug 2011
    Eurozone fuel prices
  • 05 Aug 2011
    Low Carbon Champions Awards

• July 2011(click to expand)

  • 20 Jul 2011
    Less than electrifying take-up of green car grant
  • 11 Jul 2011
    Road safety letter to The Times

• June 2011(click to expand)

  • 30 Jun 2011
    Road deaths at record low
  • 30 Jun 2011
    Dartford crossing consultation
  • 30 Jun 2011
    Electric strategy

• Archive(click to expand)

  • 19 May 2011
    Speeders see red
  • 18 May 2011
    Fuelling debate on electric cars
  • 11 May 2011
    Crashes big killer of the young
  • 04 Apr 2011
    Saving lives, saving money
  • 01 Apr 2011
    A vision of the future
  • 23 Mar 2011
    Budget reaction
  • 21 Mar 2011
    Ministers reject drink-drive advice
  • 17 Mar 2011
    Petrol price rise fuels concern, survey shows
  • 07 Mar 2011
    Budget cuts batter road safety strategy
  • 01 Mar 2011
    HSR consultation launch
  • 28 Feb 2011
    Traffic lights
  • 11 Feb 2011
    Clampers to be banned but what regulation for ticketers?
  • 07 Feb 2011
    Older Drivers: keeping mobile, keeping safe
  • 17 Jan 2011
    Keen to go green?
  • 12 Jan 2011
    Mixed messages. Fuel duty stabiliser debate
  • 01 Jan 2011
    Fuel duty jump
  • 20 Dec 2010
    HSR - an unravelling case?
  • 14 Dec 2010
    Green car grant
  • 02 Dec 2010
    See the light
  • 24 Nov 2010
    Speed cameras - the evidence
  • 05 Nov 2010
    Cost of going green
  • 22 Oct 2010
    Winter resilience review - final report
  • 21 Oct 2010
    CSR impact on London
  • 20 Oct 2010
    Comprehensive Spending Review
  • 15 Oct 2010
    Transport - lessons from the last decade

    The need to put policy before politics

    Transport - lessons from the last decade Transport – Lessons from the Last Decade - William Rickett - Report
  • 14 Oct 2010
    Mayor supports Future Car Challenge
  • 14 Sep 2010
    Drink and drug driving
  • 10 Sep 2010
    Future Car Challenge
  • 07 Sep 2010
    Road safety education: saving lives?
  • 17 Aug 2010
    Cowboy clampers driven out of town
  • 16 Aug 2010
    On-street parking 'tax'
  • 06 Aug 2010
    Drug and drink driving
  • 26 Jul 2010
    Speed cameras mothballed
  • 15 Jul 2010
    LCV Partnership awards
  • 05 Jul 2010
    Pay as you go on the roads?
  • 02 Jul 2010
    LowCVP Annual Conference
  • 23 Jun 2010
    Emergency Budget 2010
  • 18 Jun 2010
    Cuts 'catastrophic' for road safety
  • 16 Jun 2010
    North review on drink and drug driving
  • 14 Jun 2010
    Cowboy clampers evade justice
  • 11 Jun 2010
    DfT announces where axe will fall
  • 25 May 2010
    London congestion charge rises
  • 18 May 2010
    For fox sake slow down
  • 11 May 2010
    Green challenge
  • 06 May 2010
    RAC Foundation wins award
  • 29 Apr 2010
    Fuel duty is key election issue
  • 14 Apr 2010
    Older drivers
  • 09 Apr 2010
    Holes over high speed rail
  • 05 Apr 2010
    Road accident clear-up
  • 05 Apr 2010
    Reality check for Lib Dem Rail Plans
  • 30 Mar 2010
    MPs back new road capacity
  • 30 Mar 2010
    Foundation boss to chair snow review
  • 24 Mar 2010
    Budget 2010
  • 22 Mar 2010
    Fuel duty increase
  • 11 Mar 2010
    High speed rail announcement

    Billions for rail but what for roads?

    High speed rail announcement
  • 19 Feb 2010
    Villiers rejects high speed offer
  • 17 Feb 2010
    High speed rail on track to increase social exclusion
  • 09 Feb 2010
    Salt shortage warning
  • 05 Feb 2010
    Drivers flout mobile phone laws
  • 29 Jan 2010
    Council pours money into potholes
  • 28 Jan 2010
    Climbdown over clamping appeals
  • 27 Jan 2010
    Westminster parking charges
  • 18 Jan 2010
    Average speed cameras for A13
  • 02 Jan 2010
    Victims' levy
  • 31 Dec 2009
    HS2 report
  • 29 Dec 2009
    Swindon speed cameras
  • 28 Dec 2009
    Clampers search for Christmas bonus
  • 09 Dec 2009
    Pre budget report
  • 25 Nov 2009
    Council parking report
  • 30 Oct 2009
    Rail reservations
  • 01 Oct 2009
    Capital chaos?
  • 28 Sep 2009
    Low income drivers
  • 30 Jul 2009
    Motorists vote for traffic jams over public transport
  • 24 Jul 2009
    Taxes and charges report response
  • 14 Jul 2009
    New chairman for RAC Foundation
  • 09 Jul 2009
    Are punitive charges for wheel clamping illegal?
  • 01 Jul 2009
    National Express franchise handover
  • 25 Jun 2009
    Road casualty stats comment
  • 25 Jun 2009
    Level crossing awareness day
  • 19 Jun 2009
    Road Vs Rail - Is Government on the money?
  • 10 Jun 2009
    Time to go offroad? The case for a consumer watchdog for motorists
  • 09 Jun 2009
    Tube strike comment
  • 29 May 2009
    Electric shock over green car plans
  • 22 May 2009
    Cowboy clampers gunning for bank holiday drivers
  • 14 May 2009
    Road accident investigation
  • 01 May 2009
    Motorway service station comment
  • 30 Apr 2009
    Holes in the road - an entrenched problem
  • 22 Apr 2009
    Budget 2009 comment
  • 20 Apr 2009
    The habits of a car reliant nation
  • 09 Apr 2009
    Flat tyres - an accident waiting to happen
  • 03 Apr 2009
    Tighter regulation of cowboy clampers
  • 31 Mar 2009
    The price is NOT right
  • 30 Mar 2009
    Transport infrastructure investment
  • 26 Mar 2009
    New railways not a panacea
  • 02 Mar 2009
    We don't know where you live
  • 27 Feb 2009
    All gone to pot
  • 25 Feb 2009
    Jailing of Lord Ahmed
  • 12 Feb 2009
    No more I LUV Us
  • 30 Jan 2009
    Living with the consquences of speed
  • 29 Jan 2009
    Transport manifestos of days gone by
  • 21 Jan 2009
    New deal for road users
  • 13 Jan 2009
    Come thunder, lightning or rain
  • 17 Dec 2008
    Driving home for Christmas
  • 11 Dec 2008
    Cost of motoring hits low earners
  • 05 Dec 2008
    Cold Shoulder Given to Chancellor’s Motorway Plans
  • 05 Dec 2008
    Driving forward national networks
  • 28 Nov 2008
    Still dying for news
  • 25 Nov 2008
    Reducing car use could have unforseen consequences
  • 17 Nov 2008
    Bullying drivers get black marks on the road
  • 07 Nov 2008
    Road-building myths busted
  • 31 Oct 2008
    Hubble, bubble, road safety trouble
  • 24 Oct 2008
    Public Transport Effects on Road Traffic: Potential and Limitations
  • 24 Oct 2008
    Billion pounds to reduce car travel by 0.5%
  • 17 Oct 2008
    18 years old and off the road?
  • 16 Oct 2008
    Celebrating 50 years of motorways
  • 13 Oct 2008
    Text and the city
  • 06 Oct 2008
    Motoring drives 82% of British business
  • 03 Oct 2008
    National economic council
  • 01 Oct 2008
    Older drivers keep community wheels turning
  • 30 Sep 2008
    Welsh trunk roads
  • 25 Sep 2008
    Young drivers report card
  • 18 Sep 2008
    No such thing as safe text
  • 28 Aug 2008
    Car use drives wellbeing in old age
  • 26 Aug 2008
    Economic 'go slow' speeds up journeys
  • 21 Aug 2008
    Tread carefully on the roads
  • 04 Aug 2008
    Road tax changes - a response
  • 31 Jul 2008
    Tyred out - check your rubber
  • 29 Jul 2008
    A12 inquiry
  • 16 Jul 2008
    2p fuel duty freeze
  • 15 Jul 2008
    Car keys unlock wider horizons
  • 04 Jul 2008
    Motoring tax red herrings
  • 27 Jun 2008
    Road Casualties GB 2007
  • 19 Jun 2008
    Travel is vital ingredient for business success
  • 12 Jun 2008
    Realistic about roads?
  • 10 Jun 2008
    20mph zones - more haste, less speed?
  • 09 Jun 2008
    Take a lift and share a cost
  • 09 Jun 2008
    Manchester commits to consultation
  • 06 Jun 2008
    DIY discounts available to motorists
  • 30 May 2008
    Cars need fuel... and roads
  • 07 May 2008
    Driver training and testing reforms
  • 30 Apr 2008
    Stephen Glaister is new RAC Foundation director
  • 18 Apr 2008
    Gwyneth Dunwoody MP big loss to transport debate
  • 02 Apr 2008
    1500 Albert Halls-worth of potholes bring misery
  • 20 Mar 2008
    Don't become a hot, cross driver this Easter
  • 12 Mar 2008
    Chancellor no Darling to motorists
  • 11 Mar 2008
    Motorists feeling the fuel squeeze
  • 07 Mar 2008
    Vision needed to avoid road to ruin
  • 07 Mar 2008
    New media relations manager at Foundation
  • 06 Mar 2008
    Vehicle technology needs hard sell
  • 04 Mar 2008
    Rollout of hard shoulder running
  • 27 Feb 2008
    Half of motorists txt + drv
  • 12 Feb 2008
    Emissions-based congestion charging in the capital
  • 22 Jan 2008
    Appointment of Executive Director
  • 22 Jan 2008
    Road tax evasion
  • 17 Jan 2008
    Young people gamble with their lives
  • 08 Jan 2008
    Avoiding the New Year crash diet
  • 04 Jan 2008
    Driving for the weekend?
  • 24 Dec 2007
    Seven deadly sins of Christmas motoring
  • 17 Dec 2007
    Beware the Christmas risk factor
  • 10 Dec 2007
    Edmund King leaves RAC Foundation
  • 10 Dec 2007
    Death Race 2007: internet stunts must be stopped
  • 07 Dec 2007
    No light at the end of the tunnel for Stonehenge
  • 28 Nov 2007
    Euro NCAP's latest results
  • 27 Nov 2007
    Road improvements vital for economy
  • 15 Nov 2007
    Motorway network props up Euro league
  • 12 Nov 2007
    Car number one choice for business travellers
  • 07 Nov 2007
    Small businesses opt for wired working
  • 26 Oct 2007
    Don't be SAD - Commute Smart
  • 19 Oct 2007
    Get ready for 'Black Friday' and worst congestion of the year
  • 17 Oct 2007
    Road block for road pricing?
  • 09 Oct 2007
    Money for nothing
  • 27 Sep 2007
    Comment on Road Casualties Great Britain 2006
  • 24 Sep 2007
    Warning: UK commutes pose significant hazards
  • 20 Sep 2007
    CPRE and the RAC Foundation say 70% of rural road signs are unnecessary
  • 18 Sep 2007
    Road pricing - delivering the economy?
  • 16 Sep 2007
    “Blueprint for a gridlocked economy”