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On 18 October 2006, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) published a report (On the move) which reveals that the number of bus trips taken last year reached 4.6 billion. This is an increase of 8.92 per cent in the last six years, up one per cent on last. The report calls for the introduction of more bus priority measures as a means of tackling congestion and increasing passenger numbers. It identifies Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and Tyne and Wear as areas in the country that would benefit most from bus priority measures and singles out the types of schemes that would have the most impact - initiatives such as bus lanes, corridors and gates, priority for buses at traffic lights and mixed priority street schemes.
The report also highlights towns and cities that have already benefited from bus priority measures - York, Cambridge, Brighton, Edinburgh and parts of Manchester and Leeds.
The full report can be viewed on the CPT
website