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Passengers in London took more bus journeys last year, though the total number remains below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show. Across England, 3.6 billion journeys were taken last year, just a 7 per cent rise on the year before but well below the 4.1 billion taken before the pandemic. The Campaign for Better Transport said service provision and frequency must be improved to see more people using the bus. New figures from the Department for Transport show passengers in London took 1.8 billion bus journeys in the year to March a slight rise from the year before, but still below pre-pandemic levels of 2 billion. Silviya Barrett from Campaign for Better Transport said: "It’s encouraging that once again we’re seeing more people take the bus, helped by the £2 bus fare cap making bus travel more affordable in the past year. But to truly see more people using buses more frequently, we need to see a boost to service provision and frequency too." The bus fare cap ...