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 Fuel prices are fluctuating. Motorists continue to feel the pain, with no prospect of respite.

People so value the advantages of easy mobility that attempts to get them out of their cars are usually not very successful.

However, oil is not only getting more expensive but it is also running out (not to mention its effect on global climate change), so the era of individual car travel must be coming to an end; or will alternatives become available?