The results from this year’s Commuter Census are in, and the outlook is positive for car-sharing on the commute. The Commuter Census is the UK’s largest independent commuter survey, run annually by Mobilityways, Liftshare’s parent company. 7,439 people completed the survey, with some significant findings in relation to sharing lifts. Read on for highlights, or

People of County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Bristol and Northamptonshire – we salute you. Did you know that you live in the UK’s top five liftsharing counties? Around the UK, there are typically more than 12 drivers on the road for every one person travelling as a car passenger….

  The UK census in 2011 gave us a fascinating insight into ourselves as a nation: ethnicity, religion, home-ownership, education… but did you also notice the dire statistics about our car usage? In particular, the huge number of empty car seats being driven around the country every day. In total, there are 36 million empty car seats on the UK’s roads…