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"The data found urban areas outside the UK capital had an average of 14 buses an hour, whereas in London the hourly average was 120." - by 'urban areas', what size? Would have to look at their paper itself, but I can't find it so far.

Where I'm living, even 10 years ago we had about 8 buses within 5 mins walk from home, and now there are 3. And they aren't spread out evenly timewise, which would probably be impossible to attain along their entire routes. But it results in a poorer service overall.

Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, said: β€œTo reduce pollution and cut emissions, we need the government to invest in our crumbling public transport system to make it far easier for people to use their car less and switch to greener ways to travel, like buses, trains and cycling.” Well we know that, but...

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Car dependence isn't accidental, at least where I'm from. I hate to see the UK imitating America.

[–] AngstyPony 3 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of manipulation, yes.