sentences:  Bus use along the corridor was estimated to have increased by 33% over the same period.Before opening, the contractor had predicted that an estimated 11,500 journeys per day would be made on the busway.The scheme was predicted to cause a direct reduction in traffic on the busy parallel A14 road of 5.6% (rising to 11.1% with the new Park & Ride sites), although as other traffic re-routes to the freed-up road space from other parts of the local road network, the net reduction is predicted to be 2.3%.