Transport * UK - Blueprint for ‘son of Routemaster’
The open-platform bus that allows passengers to hop on and off without waiting for the driver to release the doors could return to London’s streets, only this time it would be able to carry wheelchairs and prams
London,UK -The Times, by Ben Webster -December 19, 2007: -- ... The “son of Routemaster”, as the new design has been dubbed, strongly resembles the original, which is still one of the capital’s best-recognised symbols, despite being withdrawn in December 2005... Capoco, one of the world’s leading bus design companies, which helped to develop the majority of London’s 8,000 buses, has produced detailed plans for a Routemaster replacement that could enter service within three years...
It would burn hydrogen rather than diesel, meaning the only emission would be water vapour... (Video from YouTube, by d90yqv -August 09, 2006: "Last day of the Routemaster bus in London". A short film showing the final day of the running of Routemaster buses on the 159 route, shot between Kennington and Trafalgar Square, via Westminster Bridge and Whitehall. A sad day) * The fight-back against a "ghastly dehumanised moron" picks up pace
London,UK -Not a Sheep -19 December 2007: -- Ken Livingstone once said that "only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster" bus, then he went ahead and did just that... Thanks to Guido Fawkes we can see that Boris Johnson "is backing the futuristic clean, low emission, hydrogen-powered wheelchair and pushchair friendly double decker bus"...
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