A HAMPSHIRE city is one of the least car-dependent cities in the country, according to a survey.
Southampton is one of the best places to live and work for public transport users, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) survey found.
The survey comes comes after a year of battles for drivers, with traffic bringing road users to a standstill in the city centre when cruise ships arrived, and road works blocking main roads.
But Southampton is ninth out of 29 in the list of car-dependent cities and towns.
The city was successful in the rating process, which looked at accessibility and planning, buses and trains quality and uptake, cycling and walking alternatives and driving and car use.
The survey also revealed that London is at the top as the least car-dependent location and Peterborough is the hardest place to live without a car.
A spokesperson for CBT said: ''There is a lot that the government can do to make our cities less car dependent. What emerges strongly from the research is that local control often goes hand in hand with smarter policies and better targeted investments.
''More devolution to English cities could mean more integrated and greener transport networks that make our towns and cities better places.''
These were the rankings, with the least car-dependent locations at the top of the table:
- London
- Manchester
- Liverpool
- Brighton & Hove
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Cambridge
- Bristol
- Birmingham
- Southampton
- Nottingham
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