DATA from the National Travel Survey continues to show how sharply bus and coach travel is reduced when a household makes the transition from not owning a car to owning one. Thus, whereas each member of a non car-owning household makes 184 trips a year covering 821 miles, this plummets by almost 80% to an [...]

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An opinion survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics and analysed by the Department for Transport has revealed growing public concern about the environment and climate change – and detected a willingness by a significant proportion of the population to use public transport more frequently in order to reduce carbon emissions and help stop [...]

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ANALYSIS of bus punctuality surveys undertaken for the Department for Transport suggests some improvement in the overall level of punctuality since 2005. The statitsics were published earlier this month, and are based on observations by bus bus compliance officers employed by the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency (VOSA) in each of the traffic areas. A [...]

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