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TfL reveals impact of drop in bus speeds on patronage

BUSES

Andrew Forster
23 June 2017
No.15 – a 15% drop in speed and 18% drop in patronage
No.15 – a 15% drop in speed and 18% drop in patronage

 

Some London bus routes have lost almost 20% of their patronage because of a dramatic fall in speeds caused by the installation of cycle superhighways, other roadworks and traffic growth, Transport for London has told the London Assembly. 

TfL has supplied the assembly transport committee with a summary of route level data for speed and patronage.

In a cover letter, Leon Daniels, TfL’s managing director – surface transport, told committee chair Caroline Pidgeon: “As...

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