{"id":1062147,"date":"2026-07-01T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1062147\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:13:12","slug":"listen-londons-slowest-bus-travels-at-jogging-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1062147\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: London&#8217;s slowest bus travels at jogging speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London\u2019s slowest bus travels at about the same speed as the average adult\u2019s jog, <a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/corporate\/publications-and-reports\/buses-performance-data#on-this-page-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to TfL data<\/a>, with bus speeds across the capital <a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/corporate\/publications-and-reports\/buses-performance-data\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declining year on year<\/a> since 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The number 14 bus from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swlondoner.co.uk\/tag\/putney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Putney<\/a> Heath to Russell Square currently averages 5.8mph, whilst the average for TfL buses across London is 7.1mph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing works around Putney Bridge junction have not improved bus journey times for commuters, who have raised concerns about the level of congestion. <\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full report below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-red-double-decker-bus-driving-down-a-street-kj3uOJJWixw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucia Sorrentino<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London\u2019s slowest bus travels at about the same speed as the average adult\u2019s jog, according to TfL data,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1062148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,46715,140682,214392,393,4884,257,20149,39323,291539,1264,183,16,15,33161],"class_list":["post-1062147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-bus","tag-commuters","tag-congestion","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-public-transport","tag-putney","tag-putney-bridge-junction","tag-tfl","tag-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wandsworth-council"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116845609630042398","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1062148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}