Subsidy for TfL bus services is £600m a year!

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RE: Subsidy for TfL bus services is £600m a year!

(15/04/2017 21:10)Dentonian Wrote:  Unless you live in a very rural area, 1.5 miles is very bad. Millions of people (me included) are not physically able to walk such distances on a regular basis. Last stats I saw, the average household in the UK was indeed 400 metres from a bus stop (served by at least 12 buses a day; 5+ days a week), and TFGM had a target that 90% of all households should be within that distance. This was largely achieved until recently, but has now slipped to about 87%. In contrast, the average household in the UK is 2.7km from the nearest Rail (heavy or light) stop.

I have to admit I do live in a very rural area, but having three buses a day in one direction and two buses in the other wasn't enough to get people to use them so the subsidy was cut!
Rail stations are a whole other issue, the nearest station is 15km away as the crow flies!