Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of passengers per public bus journey in England in each of the last three years.
The table below gives the average bus occupancy on local bus services in England from 20014/15 to 2016/17.
Average bus occupancy1 on local bus services: England, 2014/15 to 2016/17 | |
Year | Average bus occupancy |
2014/15 | 12.2 |
2015/16 | 11.9 |
2016/17 | 11.9 |
1 Calculated as passenger miles divided by vehicle miles.