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The data unit contributed to the programme and [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51815726) on the story for BBC Online.\n\n## Get the data\n\n* Department for Transport: [Older and disabled concessionary travel passes1,2 by metropolitan area status and type of pass: England, annual from 2010/11](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-cuts/blob/master/bus0820.ods)\n* Department for Transport: [Number of older/disabled concessionary travel passes1 and bus concessionary journeys2 per pass by metropolitan area status: England, annual from 2010/11](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-cuts/blob/master/bus0821%20(1).ods)\n* Department for Transport: [Concessionary bus journeys1,2 by Travel Concession Authority (TCA): England, annual from 2014/15](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-cuts/blob/master/bus0823%20(1).ods)\n\n## Quotes and interviews\n\n* Marion Crawford, 92-year-old bus user from Lower Denby, West Yorkshire\n* Paul Jones, chief officer, Denby Dale Centre, which provides a charity-funded bus service\n* Judith Lawrence, 75, bus user from Helperby, North Yorkshire\n* Marti Blagborough, construction worker, Farnley\n* Martin Kelly, director of growth and development, Blackburn with Darwen Council\n* Spokesperson, Stoke-on-Trent City Council\n* Spokeswoman, Department for Transport (DfT)\n* Darren Shirley, Campaign for Better Transport (CBT)\n* Spokesman, Somerset County Council\n\n## Visualisation\n\n![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/17EE6/production/_111222089_regionalmileage1011-nc.png)\n\n* Map: households' distance from a bus stop with at least four buses per day\n* Bar chart: Fall in miles travelled since 2010, by region\n* Line chart: Journeys by older and disabled people in England, England vs London, 2010-2019\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fbus-cuts","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fbus-cuts","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fbus-cuts/lists"}