27 Aug 2014: Adam Greenfield explains why many urbanists think the lowly bus – emblem of all that is slow, stigmatised and wasteful – is the key to city transit ... and that Latin America is the only place doing it right
Although presented as a freeze, the mayor's new fares package will increase many public transport fares by more than inflation and add to the cost of living burden on Londoners
• Cycle safety and capping rail fares high on Labour manifesto agenda • Government has 'failed to sell benefits of HS2' • Less than a fifth of UK railway stations have step-free access
Last year London had more bus passenger journeys than the rest of England put together. While bus travel in the capital continues to stay strong, is the rest of England bored of buses?