RAC Foundation - Publications

Publications

Council bridge maintenance backlog grows 07 Jan 2019

The one-off cost of clearing the total maintenance backlog for the near 72,000 council-managed road bridges in Great Britain has increased by a third. Analysis by the RAC Foundation of data for the

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Development of the UK public chargepoint network 10 Dec 2018

Widespread confusion over how fast electric vehicles can be ‘refuelled’ could be undermining efforts to provide an adequate public chargepoint network. The latest battery-only cars need only fi

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Tackling high-risk regional roads - update 16 Oct 2018

A £100 million programme of works is on course to prevent almost 1,450 deaths and serious injuries over the next two decades on the riskiest council-managed A roads in England. That is the assessm

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Budget 2018 representation to HM Treasury 27 Sep 2018

The RAC Foundation has urged the Chancellor to provide an appropriate level of investment for both strategic and local roads. In its representation to the Treasury ahead of the 2018 Budget to be he

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Scrappage for equality 29 Aug 2018

Around 31,400 of those living in the most income deprived areas of Greater London who use the 'most polluting' cars (i.e. those held not to be compliant with Ultra-Low Emission entry standards) to com

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The impact of introducing E10 petrol 23 Jul 2018

Hundreds of thousands of cars in Great Britain are currently E10 incompatible. Analysis by the RAC Foundation suggests that if the biofuel element in petrol was raised from the current 5% to 10% th

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Research is at the core of what the RAC Foundation does. Each year we commission experts in their fields to carry out studies which fit into one of four broad categories associated with motoring and road use: mobility, safety, economics and the environment. Research is also carried out in-house.

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Environment

Mobility

Safety