Bus journeys taking longer and longer….
Data published by Transport for London (TfL) shows that bus journey times have been increasing since 2020, and that since 2022/23, TfL has not met its target for bus journey times, which has also increased.1
In November 2024 London TravelWatch published a report, which stated that 33 per cent of survey respondents said that slow buses stop them from using the bus more often. Over a third of respondents also said that their top consideration when deciding whether to travel by bus was how fast the bus journey is.2
London TravelWatch has also found that if London buses can travel just 1mph faster it could potentially save TfL between £100-£200m a year, as well as generating additional revenue of £80-£85m. [3]
The Transport Committee will investigate why bus journey times in London are getting increasingly longer and whether measures set out by Transport for London (TfL) will reverse this. The guests are:
Panel 1 - Bus journey times:
- Michael Roberts, Chief Executive, London TravelWatch
- Keven Stagg, Chair London & Eastern Passenger Committee, Unite
- Nadine Edwards, Regional Officer at Unite the Union
- Paul Lynch, Managing Director – London, Stagecoach Bus and President of the Confederation of Passenger Transport
The Committee will also hear from London TravelWatch on its business plan. The guests are:
Panel 2 - London TravelWatch business plan:
- Michael Roberts, Chief Executive, London TravelWatch
- Tricia Hayes, Chair, London TravelWatch
The meeting will take place on Tuesday 9 December at 10am in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- TfL, Operations Report, Quarter 4 2024/25 (8 December 2024 – 31 March 2025), 3 July 2025. (Figure 2).
- London TravelWatch, The next stop: Making London’s buses better, November 2024
- London TravelWatch, Free The Bus
- Read the agenda in full
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor
- Elly Baker AM, Chair of the Transport Committee, is available for interview
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