‘Bonkers’ * UK - London Mayor Unveils Designs for Bus Criticized as
London,UK -Bloomberg, by Brian Lysaght -Dec. 19, 2008: -- London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled two new designs for the city’s iconic Routemaster double-decker buses and vowed to put a 21st century version of the vehicle on the road by 2011... Johnson, a former Conservative member of Parliament who was elected in May, promised during the campaign to scrap the “bendy” and bring back the Routemaster...
The winning plans came from a venture between U.K.-based sports-car maker Aston Martin and architects Foster and Partners; and from Capoco Design Ltd., an automotive studio based in Salisbury, England... The city will pass the proposals to bus makers for further development and will seek bids next year for the contract to build the vehicle, said Peter Hendy, London’s transportation commissioner.The new model will use environmentally friendly technology such as diesel-electric power and lightweight metal bodies. Both designs, like the original Routemaster, have an open rear platform to allow passengers to jump on and off and would use conductors to collect tickets, Hendy said... (Images: The £25,000 first prize was jointly awarded to Aston Martin and Foster + Partners -top image-, and bus, coach and truck design company Capoco Design -below-)
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