“Britain’s bus network has shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s, BBC analysis has revealed.
Rising car use and cuts to public funding are being blamed for a loss of 134 million miles of coverage over the past decade alone.
Some cut-off communities have taken to starting their own services, with Wales and north-west England hardest hit.
The government has encouraged councils and bus companies to work together to halt the decline.
One lobbying group fears the scale of the miles lost are a sign buses are on course to be cut to the same extent railways were in the 1960s.” …
East Devon Watch 
Interesting.
Last low point of bus miles was after 8-10 years of Tory rule.
This low point of bus miles is after 8 years or Tory rule.
Tories – for the car owner not the people who can’t afford a car.
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