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Bus Lanes

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of new bus lanes were created in each of the last 11 years, broken down by region. (227109)

In the period of the first round of Local Transport Plans, from 2001-02 to 2005-06, local transport authorities invested £30.3 million on 387 busways and bus lanes, covering 220.57 miles. The following table shows the regional breakdown for new busways and bus lanes during this period.

Region

Number of new busways/bus lanes

Miles

East

23

12.81

East Midlands

22

8.70

North East

56

22.73

North West

100

111.22

South East

100

34.73

South West

46

19.54

West Midlands

60

20.50

Yorkshire and Humberside

47

29.89

This information is not readily available prior to 2001-02, and to reduce the reporting burdens on local authorities, has not been collected since 2005-06.