Campaign for Better Transport has published its latest ‘Buses in Crisis report focussing on local authority funded bus services
Over the last few weeks it hasbeen sending and collating freedom of information requests to 110 local authorities in England and Wales.
The objective of this report is to highlight exactly what is happening to local authority supported bus services and the results found are shocking.
Since 2010 over £78 million has been cut from local authority supported funding in England and Wales. A 25 per cent reduction overall that has resulted in over 2,400 bus services being cut, altered or withdrawn completely
In the last year alone 63 per cent of local authorities in England and Wales have cut funding for buses, whilst 44 per cent have removed or withdrawn services. Local authority funding for supported bus services has fallen by £22.6 million, the worst year for cuts to buses since 2010.