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4. 3 billion journeys were made by bus in England in 2018-19

Boris Johnson to improve bus services and Cycling in England, and activists want it to be separated the recovery of the "lost" routes, "" rural areas. Where would the new bus funding will make the biggest difference?

More Than 4 billion paths with the bus, removed each year in England, but The Number has.

Transport activists blame this on cuts in funding, with the local and Central government support for bus services has declined from More Than £800 meters, nearly 30% in the last decade.

announced The new funding period, by the government of a "substantial" Investment promises "the people want to see," said the Chancellor, Sajid Javid .

how much time on buses?

The £5 billion promised by the Prime Minister on Tuesday, is for five years with new priority routes for buses and 4,000 "zero emission buses" in England and Wales.

As local authorities and the Central government budget, the amount of public expenditure for running the bus have been cut since 2010, a total of-Service has also been the case.

According to The Department for Transport (DfT), with just over £2bn spent 2018-19.

This is up to £834m in 2008-09, if the year's expenditure adjusted for inflation, but still higher than 20 years ago.

Meanwhile, bus ticket prices 3 increased. 3% in the last year, which was faster than the consumer price index-inflation rate, 1. 9%.

DfT figures show rates in England, 71% have increased since 2005.

Where would the funding the biggest difference?

We don't know yet in which areas do you see the largest share of The Money , although the government promises, it will benefit "any region outside of London".

Official government figures, More Than half of all England's bus, clearly show-trips are now made in London.

Outside the capital, Brighton and Hove, had The Most trips per head of population in 2018-19.

The Campaign for Better Transport, said the new financing had to change "a significant step" and welcome news for the municipalities that had "bear the brunt" of the cuts to services and "poor or non-existent Public Transport in the last few years".

A More Than 3,000 Local Bus routes resulted in lost or reduced over the last ten years.

Crispin Truman from the countryside charity CPRE said rural communities were "at the end of the queue" for too long, and the funding of a "lifeline could".

He said: "If aligned properly, this Investment could help to combat loneliness and isolation, reduce the dependence on cars and reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. "

Local authorities to be able to bid for money for a new fleet of fully electric buses, Where bus use has changed The Most ?

Councilman David Williams , of The County Councils network, said shire areas had seen their funding for Local Bus services since 2010, is halved, while the big cities had seen funding fall by 19%.

Mr Williams said: "As a result, the buses are almost areas exist in some of The Most beautiful rural and coastal, where the service of a lifeline, while The County -towns to suffer less frequent and more expensive services in comparison to the cities. "

What package is the financing?

According to the DfT, the £5 billion investments include:

Getty England' s 33,900 buses used buses in numbers

the local operators in 2018-19.

4. 32bnjourneys made with the bus that year

1. 2bnmiles travelled by bus in England

11. 2%down on 2008-09

source: Department for Transport

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Source of news: bbc.com