On 16 February 2018, the Shared Data Unit Britain's bus network had shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s.
Rising car use and cuts to public funding were blamed by commentators for a loss of 134 million miles of coverage over the past decade alone.
The 成人快手鈥檚 analysis however challenged the previous consensus rural areas were worst hit.
We showed bus coverage in metropolitan areas had dropped by a tenth since 2013-14 while rural areas had seen bus routes cut by 7.8%.
The Shared Data Hub makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the 成人快手 and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:
- Manchester Evening News:
- Liverpool Echo:
- Shropshire Star:
- Southern Daily Echo:
- ITV Wales:
- Scotland: The National (a column):
- Lancashire Telegraph:
- Dorset Echo:
- Bracknell: In Your Area:
- Lancashire Post:
- 2BR Lancashire:
- The Bolton News:
- Swindon Advertiser:
- Bradford: Telegraph & Argus:
- Lincolnshire Live:
- Wigan Today:
- Blackpool: The Gazette:
- Norfolk: Eastern Daily Press:
- Gloucestershire Live:
- Stray FM:
- Bob FM:
- Mix 96:
- Devon Live:
- Portsmouth: The News:
- Birmingham Live:
- Transport Network:
- Coventry Telegraph:
- Lynn News:
- Wiltshire: Gazette & Herald:
- 成人快手 Wales Online:
- The story was also covered by: the 成人快手 News Channel, 成人快手 Breakfast television, 成人快手 Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show, 成人快手 North West, CFM Radio in Carlisle, 成人快手 Wiltshire, 成人快手 Radio Lincolnshire, 成人快手 Radio Scotland, 成人快手 Radio Devon, 成人快手 Newcastle, 成人快手 Radio Cumbria, 成人快手 Radio York, 成人快手 Surrey, 成人快手 Sussex, 成人快手 Radio Gloucestershire, 成人快手 Radio Shropshire, 成人快手 Radio Cornwall, 成人快手 Tees, 成人快手 Radio Nottingham