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If your bus feels slower, you’re not imagining it 🚌 🐌

London’s buses averaged 9.1 mph last year. Route 14 managed just 5.6 mph

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Trevor Rosenberg, our Policy and Advocacy Officer, looks at the growing issue of slow buses and longer journey times

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Using contactless to travel in London? Use the same bank card, phone or smartwatch each time you tap 💳 📱 ⌚

Even if they’re linked to the same bank account, they’re treated separately. Mix them and you could end up with two incomplete journeys and two maximum fares 😲

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We've launched our brand new interactive events map for September's #CatchTheBusMonth
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