Official Statistics
Public attitudes towards buses: March 2013
Summarises users and non-users attitudes towards buses in Great Britain, based on a module of questions on the ONS omnibus survey in March 2013
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This report, based on 910 responses, shows:
Most people who use the bus are satisfied with their local service:
- 75% of bus users rated the overall quality of bus service positively as did 45% of non-users – 61% of respondents overall
- the cost of buses was rated most poorly by both users and non-users
A majority of non-users said they would only travel by bus ‘if there was no other way of getting there’:
- respondents’ main reason for not travelling by bus (more) was because travelling by car is easier and more convenient (46%)
- 66% of non-users and 50% of bus users agreed that they would only travel by bus if there was ‘no other way of getting there’
22% of the sample had a concessionary pass:
- in general, bus users with a pass rated their local bus service more positively than users without a pass
- 86% of all respondents were in support of free bus travel for older and disabled people
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Published 29 October 2013