Steve is director of the RAC Foundation, an independent motoring research charity. Foundation output has covered many aspects of motoring policy, urban mobility and transport technology. Before taking over at the RAC Foundation in 2015 Steve enjoyed a long civil service career, joining in 1983 after graduating from Durham University, and moving to the Department for Transport (DfT) in 1987. After spells at the Office of the Rail Regulator and the Cabinet Office, he was the DfT’s director general for roads, traffic and local transport from 2009 to 2015.