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Does new DfT Uncertainty guidance overlook car use decline, asks Goodwin

Peter Stonham
30 April 2026
Professor Phil Goodwin
Professor Phil Goodwin

 

Recent trends in car use and trip making are overlooked in the proposed new DfT advice on uncertainty, which appears to only envisage an increase, Professor Phil Goodwin has warned.

“The point is, that for personal travel, car use per person has been declining, not increasing, and the 2022 forecasts provided for this to continue into the future, though possibly offset by increasing freight traffic.”

Professor Goodwin stated “I foresee a possible problem in this related to the...

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