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[cached here](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-use/blob/master/annual-bus-statistics-year-ending-mar-2018.pdf)\n* XLSX: [Data with analysis](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-journeys-2018/blob/master/busjourneys_w_analysis.xlsx)\n\n## Interviews and quotes\n\n* Martin Tett, transport spokesman, Local Government Association\n* Statement, Hertfordshire County Council \n* Maureen Crowther, bus user, Bradford, West Yorkshire \n* Martin Hirst, commercial director, First West Yorkshire\n* Darren Shirley, chief executive, Campaign for Better Transport \n* Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary, Labour Party\n* Spokeswoman, Department for Transport\n\n## Visualisation\n\n* Bar chart: Largest declines in bus journeys in England (2016/17-2017/18)\n* Line chart: Bus journeys in England, London vs England 2005/06-2017/18\n\n## Related repos\n\n* In October 2016 we [reported on a fall in the numbers of bus journeys made in England](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-use)\n* On 16 February 2018, the Shared Data Unit [revealed Britain's bus network had shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/buses-lost)\n* 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2018 we [reported on figures from transport campaigners showing that more than 3,000 bus routes had been cut back or withdrawn in England and Wales in the past eight years](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-route-cuts)\n* [All stories tagged 'buses' can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Abuses+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit\u0026type=Repositories)\n\n\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fbus-journeys-2018","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fbus-journeys-2018","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fbus-journeys-2018/lists"}