But the gradual reduction in public transport provision and the increased reliance on the motor car has progressively restricted the options of commuters.
In a motor car the rate of progress can be measured directly by looking at the speedometer.
What role did status and taste play in model development and what was the symbolism of the motor car?
The third involved developments in communication, particularly the motor car, and new forms of electric communication such as wireless telegraphy, the telephone and the radio.
But at the same time the motor car was embraced by the working classes, whose spokesmen envisioned it as a guarantor of productivity, high wages and mass consumption.
And the motor car as well, for heaven's sake.
More generally, the economic, social and hence occupational role of the motor car is now being reviewed from top to bottom.
He is right that, for many people, the private motor car is indispensable.
