https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/bus-journeys-2018

Bus journeys fall by 90 million in a year
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/bus-journeys-2018

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Bus journeys fall by 90 million in a year

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/bus-journeys-2018
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-01-31T10:18:26.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-06T11:41:36.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T05:30:43.465Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: buses, davidrhodes, robengland, transport
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47045872
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# Bus journeys fall by 90 million in a year

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/2C87/production/_105399311_busjourneys-nc.png)

In January 2019 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47045872) that the number of bus journeys taken in Great Britain had fallen by more than 90 million in one year, according to official figures.

## Get the data

* PDF: [Department for Transport: Annual bus statistics: England 2017/18](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774565/annual-bus-statistics-year-ending-mar-2018.pdf) - [cached here](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-use/blob/master/annual-bus-statistics-year-ending-mar-2018.pdf)

* XLSX: [Data with analysis](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-journeys-2018/blob/master/busjourneys_w_analysis.xlsx)

## Interviews and quotes

* 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

## Visualisation

* 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

## Related repos

* 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)

* 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)

* 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)

* [All stories tagged 'buses' can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Abuses+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit&type=Repositories)