"Slow [bus] service is not just unattractive to passengers. It is also more expensive to operate. The number of buses and drivers needed to operate a route at a certain frequency depends on how long it takes the buses to drive the route out and back." — Planning Cities and Towns for Successful Bus Services
"Rural areas make up approximately one sixth of England's population but accounted for one in four new homes built since 2018." — Trapped behind the wheel