"Something weird is happening," says Phil Goodwin, professor of transport policy at the University of the West of England. "Car use in Britain is on the decline, but no one is exactly sure why." Goodwin says we have reached "peak car". If he is right, this has important implications for how we design our towns and cities, and where public money gets allocated."
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/is-this-the-end-of-the-car-2286616.html