'Travelling in the wrong direction': Government reveals increase in UK car use, as bus and bicycle journeys fall

James Murray
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'Travelling in the wrong direction': Government reveals increase in UK car use, as bus and bicycle journeys fall

Government accused of sleepwalking towards a traffic-heavy future as new stats show the number of miles travelled by motor vehicles rose 2.2 per cent last year

New provisional data from the Department for Transport has this week estimated the number of miles travelled by all motor vehicles rose 2.2 per cent in 2023, reaching 330.8 billion miles. The increase...

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