On 16 February 2018, the Shared Data Unit Britain's bus network had shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s.
Rising car use and cuts to public funding were blamed by commentators for a loss of 134 million miles of coverage over the past decade alone.
The 大象传媒鈥檚 analysis however challenged the previous consensus rural areas were worst hit.
We showed bus coverage in metropolitan areas had dropped by a tenth since 2013-14 while rural areas had seen bus routes cut by 7.8%.
The Shared Data Hub makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the 大象传媒 and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:
- Manchester Evening News:
- Liverpool Echo:
- Shropshire Star:
- Southern Daily Echo:
- ITV Wales:
- Scotland: The National (a column):
- Lancashire Telegraph:
- Dorset Echo:
- Bracknell: In Your Area:
- Lancashire Post:
- 2BR Lancashire:
- The Bolton News:
- Swindon Advertiser:
- Bradford: Telegraph & Argus:
- Lincolnshire Live:
- Wigan Today:
- Blackpool: The Gazette:
- Norfolk: Eastern Daily Press:
- Gloucestershire Live:
- Stray FM:
- Bob FM:
- Mix 96:
- Devon Live:
- Portsmouth: The News:
- Birmingham Live:
- Transport Network:
- Coventry Telegraph:
- Lynn News:
- Wiltshire: Gazette & Herald:
- 大象传媒 Wales Online:
- The story was also covered by: the 大象传媒 News Channel, 大象传媒 Breakfast television, 大象传媒 Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show, 大象传媒 North West, CFM Radio in Carlisle, 大象传媒 Wiltshire, 大象传媒 Radio Lincolnshire, 大象传媒 Radio Scotland, 大象传媒 Radio Devon, 大象传媒 Newcastle, 大象传媒 Radio Cumbria, 大象传媒 Radio York, 大象传媒 Surrey, 大象传媒 Sussex, 大象传媒 Radio Gloucestershire, 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire, 大象传媒 Radio Cornwall, 大象传媒 Tees, 大象传媒 Radio Nottingham