 The board was responsible for the Bus Reshaping Plan in 1966, a comprehensive programme of changes to bus services.By 1970 the roads in London had become so congested that the Greater London Development Plan included in its scope policy to reduce dependence on the car.On 1 January 1970 responsibility for public transport within Greater London passed to the Greater London Council (GLC) under the Transport (London) Act 1969, with the "London Transport" brand retained by the GLC.