In January 2019 we reported that the number of bus journeys taken in Great Britain had fallen by more than 90 million in one year, according to official figures.
- PDF: Department for Transport: Annual bus statistics: England 2017/18 - cached here
- XLSX: Data with analysis
- Martin Tett, transport spokesman, Local Government Association
- Statement, Hertfordshire County Council
- Maureen Crowther, bus user, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- Martin Hirst, commercial director, First West Yorkshire
- Darren Shirley, chief executive, Campaign for Better Transport
- Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary, Labour Party
- Spokeswoman, Department for Transport
- Bar chart: Largest declines in bus journeys in England (2016/17-2017/18)
- Line chart: Bus journeys in England, London vs England 2005/06-2017/18
- In October 2016 we reported on a fall in the numbers of bus journeys made in England
- On 16 February 2018, the Shared Data Unit revealed Britain's bus network had shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s
- In July 2018 we reported on figures from transport campaigners showing that more than 3,000 bus routes had been cut back or withdrawn in England and Wales in the past eight years
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