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Bus services make fewer journeys and lose funding over past decade
05.10.2020

Bus services make fewer journeys and lose funding over past decade

Sky News has reported that the number of bus journeys taken in England has fallen by 10 percent in the last decade, with funding for bus services down by nearly 40 percent, according to the National Audit Office Between...

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 RSN response - Prime Minister's promises on bus and cycle routes
17.02.2020

RSN response - Prime Minister's promises on bus and cycle routes

The Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network wrote a letter which was published in the Guardian this week on 13th February 2020 It was in response to announcements from the Prime Minister that he had promised ‘an additional...

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Bus journeys fall by 300 million in five years
16.09.2019

Bus journeys fall by 300 million in five years

It has been widely reported, including by the i paper, that the number of bus journeys have fallen by 300 million in five years. Analysis of government figures by the Local Government Association (LGA) shows 4.3 billion journeys were made...

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Success of app-based buses
01.07.2019

Success of app-based buses

The Oxford Mail reports on the successful first year of an app-based pilot scheme launched by Oxford Bus Company, PickMeUp, which allows passengers to summon buses within 15 minutes using an app. Passengers are matched with others looking to...

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‘Perfect storm’ causing rural bus decline
17.06.2019

‘Perfect storm’ causing rural bus decline

Bus Users UK has published a ten-point plan to reverse the decline in rural services, according to the website Transport-Network.co.uk The group, which represents bus users, said that ‘changing lifestyles, flexible working, funding cuts and the regulatory environment are...

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Government strategy needed to protect rural buses
10.06.2019

Government strategy needed to protect rural buses

Baroness Randerson writes in the parliamentary magazine This House to argue that a government strategy is needed to support council funding and increase passenger numbers on rural bus services. She argues that deregulation of the bus industry in the...

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Bus drivers working long hours cause safety concerns
10.06.2019

Bus drivers working long hours cause safety concerns

Labour MP Matt Western wrote on the website PoliticsHome.com about local bus drivers’ working hours and the impact on public safety. Currently, local bus drivers are not subject to the same regulations as lorry or long-distance bus drivers so...

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Councils urged to take control of bus services
20.05.2019

Councils urged to take control of bus services

The website LocalGov.co.uk reports on the news that Buses Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has written to local authorities to remind them that they have the freedom to take greater control of bus services. The letter was sent on 17...

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British buses ‘failing’ compared to European services
13.05.2019

British buses ‘failing’ compared to European services

Researchers have found that British passengers have access to a poorer bus service compared with our European neighbours, as reported by the Mirror. The study, by the Foundation for Integrated Transport, compared bus services in Shropshire with comparable areas...

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Labour pledges to reverse cuts to bus routes
29.04.2019

Labour pledges to reverse cuts to bus routes

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge for £1.3 billion of funding to reverse bus cuts has been widely covered in the press, including by PoliticsHome.com and the BBC. Speaking at an event in Nottingham, Corbyn promised to undo cuts made...

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