The New London "Routemaster" Buses
lemoncurd
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I do think they look great, but does anyone else think that the glass-walled staircases at the back and behind the driver are just perfect for looking up girls' skirts? :eek:
http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/transport/new-bus-london
http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/transport/new-bus-london
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I think a great idea would be a red/green light by the platform that indicated if the driver had the footbrake or handbrake on or off - basically a little traffic light system that warned you if they were about to pull away.
In fact, I'm going to suggest that to Wrightbus.
That would be an amazingly simple but effective solution. I really don't want to be that person that splats out of the bus and on to the pavement...:o
you gotta be kidding me?? no way .that seriously looks too space age ,its like a route master mothed into a normal bus with twin doors ,some sort of 21st centry deformed routemaster bus . it doesn't look right,they tryed to do this with the london black taxi ,but that has paid off,this ,just not sure.
But having two staircases is a good idea from a fire safety point of view.
They should never have got rid of the old ones.
The disabled could have waited for the next one on the route and made every second bus a Routemaster.
We can't change every single thing is this world to suit a small minority.
And bring back conductors with batons to whack unruly passengers.
The old Routemaster............It's part of London's heritage.
Lack of logic there
You'd be breaking the law if you deliberately excluded the disabled by making them wait for every 2nd bus, thats obscene just so some Londonders can ride around on an antiquated tourist attraction
We should be doing what's best for 95% of the population not for 5% of the population.
Where I live I sometimes get a bus 25 miles into town. There is a seat at the front where a wheelchair fits in and I've never seen it being used.
I've suggested it to TfL and Wrightbus.
That is utter rubbish and a complete generalisation!
Lot's of disabled people use public transport and its unfair to exclude them, and others, who struggle to use the old step entrance buses for the sake of a Routemaster looking pretty.
With that logic we'd be flying around in DeHaivalland Comets and riding Model T Ford's to work
This bus design has both a hop-on/off platform at the rear and full disabled access at the front door (not sure about the middle door).
And apart from the other options I've already mentioned some have those little battery scooters.
We have to start thinking about the majority for once.
But Eleanor Rigby likes to see them on the rare occassion he travels out of Scotland and never sees the disabled when he's here.
It's not just people in wheelchairs, but those with mobility problems and people with small children and buggies.
I have a car, but travelling in central London on public transport has been a big no for me with 2 small kids. The tube stations are the worst getting a buggy up and down the escalators ( thats if they even have them) is a nightmare. I use black cabs on the rare occasions I travel around central London with them
Perhaps he rounds them all up on these special minibuses he talks about
The buggys now are huge they are like tanks, and should not be allowed on buses especially during the rush hour.
The old Routemaster was a terrific bus.
The old fashioned go-car could be folded and put in the luggage bit behind where the conductor stood next to the back stairs.
When in London I still go on the Heritage route from Trafalgar Sq to Tower of London...........ding ding.
We used to build schools with asbestos too and it made the process much easier and a lot nicer.
thats very much like the bending bus ,nothing wrong with that, its the new routemaster in london that doesn't look right
Kind of looks similar to London's bendy buses:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/image_galleries/bendybus_story_gallery.shtml
Buy them back from the provinces and do them up......... and Bob's your uncle.
Why do we need to design a new Routemaster ????
"We're all going on a summer holiday". dee dee dee da da. :cool:
There aren't any in the "provinces". They were decommissioned because the law no longer allows them to be used. The DDA requires all vehicles providing scheduled public services to have full disabled access (for buses, for at least 2x wheelchairs). The routemasters aren't used on scheduled services simply because they are no longer legal.