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Buses in 'crisis' as 3,000 routes reduced or scrapped
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/bus-route-cuts

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Buses in 'crisis' as 3,000 routes reduced or scrapped

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/bus-route-cuts
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2018-07-04T13:15:07.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-04T13:20:27.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:42:21.187Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: buses, cuts, transport
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44681974
• Size: 1.15 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Buses in 'crisis' as 3,000 routes reduced or scrapped

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/36E1/production/_102294041_chart-busspending_birmingham-as20g-nc.png)

In July 2018 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44681974) on figures from transport campaigners showing that more than 3,000 bus routes had been cut back or withdrawn in England and Wales in the past eight years.

## Get the data

* XLS: [Bus route cuts 2010-2018](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-route-cuts/blob/master/Buses_In_Crisis_2018.xlsx) (converted from [this pdf](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/bus-route-cuts/blob/master/Buses_In_Crisis_2018.pdf)

## Interviews and quotes

* Steve Chambers, Campaign for Better Transport (CBT)

* Martin Tett, transport spokesman, the Local Government Association

* Government spokeswoman

## Visualisation

* Multiple bar chart: Cuts in council funding for buses - change 2016-18 and 2010-17