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Steve Gooding

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Remembering to remember what we already know

13/11/2025

Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation and a former director general at the Department for Transport (DfT), pays tribute to the late Sir Terry Farrell.

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An open letter to Santa Claus from a local highways department

20/12/2023

Director of the RAC Foundation, Steve Gooding, dials up his Christmas cheer with a competitive bid to be on the ‘nice’ list

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Viewpoint: Professional conundrums

06/07/2023

Director of the RAC Foundation Steve Gooding discusses the treacherous journey from drawing board to hindsight when it comes to transport appraisals.

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Viewpoint: Finding the way

14/11/2022

Former Department for Transport director general and current director of the RAC Foundation Professor Steve Gooding looks into the somewhat obscure, and much obscured, issue of house numbers and asks the all-important question – who are the commissioners?

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Viewpoint: Growth with a capital 'G'

27/09/2022

Former director general at the Department for Transport and current director of the RAC Foundation, Professor Steve Gooding, discusses the Government’s plans for growth, published last week.

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Viewpoint: Assumptions and predictions

01/10/2021

Former director at the Department for Transport and current director of the RAC Foundation, Steve Gooding, picks up on a recent Highways investigation into smart motorways to ask important questions about models, predictions and above all what we want.

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Testing the limits of safe driving

26/08/2021

Former Department for Transport director and current director of the RAC Foundation, Steve Gooding, looks at the challenges posed in managing our local roads – which are not just restricted to funding – and ponders life in the slow lane.

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Highways Heroes: We salute you

07/01/2021

Former DfT director and current director of the RAC Foundation, Steve Gooding, reflects on the definition of a hero and why our colleagues on the frontline earned the title.

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Viewpoint: An ancient place, where no cars go?

14/05/2020

Former DfT director, and current RAC Foundation director, Steve Gooding, reacts to the news that the City of London is looking to place further restrictions on vehicle use as people return to work in the Square Mile.

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Comment: RIS 2 and the new normal

15/04/2020

Former Department for Transport director and current director of the RAC Foundation, Steve Gooding (pictured), discusses the recent release of the second road investment strategy (RIS 2) for Highways England in light of COVID-19.