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The mayor’s bus service cuts threaten to undo the capital’s mode shift success story

Jenny Jones
05 March 2010
Jenny Jones is a Green Party member of the London Assembly.
Jenny Jones is a Green Party member of the London Assembly.

 

The story of London’s transport systems over the last decade has undoubtedly been an overall success; this is particularly true of the roads, where traffic reduction and other statistics point to a modal shift towards buses. Compared to pre-2000, there’s been a decline in the share of people entering central London by car, whilst numbers using buses have risen by a comparable amount. Increased reliability is evidenced in reduced waiting times, a higher percentage of scheduled...

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