Great Britain: Local bus vehicle miles by region from 2005 to 2023
The volume of vehicle miles traveled by local buses has declined across Great Britain in the past two decades, dropping from around 1.6 billion miles in 2005 to 1.2 billion miles in 2023. While all regions of Great Britain have experienced this downward trend, it was most pronounced in Wales, where bus miles declined by 35 percent during this period. London, meanwhile, experienced the smallest contraction in bus services, with total bus miles only decreasing by 3.4 percent.