Transport for London (TfL) has published its proposals to “modernise” central London’s bus network.
The changes, the first to comprehensively address the network in 16 years, will enable the capital’s bus network to grow in outer London, while adapting underused and inefficient services in central London that contribute to congestion and air pollution.
The proposals are about providing the right number of buses, in the right place, at the right time.
Central London has dramatically changed in recent years, but its bus network has not. In the last three years, demand for buses in central London has dropped by 12%.
Geoff Hobbs, Director of Public Transport Service Planning at TfL, says: “It is only right that we reassess the network after the significant changes in both London’s infrastructure and how Londoners travel.”
Subject to the consultation, the first changes could begin from spring 2019.
