* UK - London: Bringing back the red double-decker buses
London,UK -Budget Travel, by Sean O'Neill -Jan 7, 2009: -- London was the only world capital with an iconic bus, the royal red Routemaster, a double-decker, hop-on hop-off, totally British bus that for more than four decades transported riders on routes all over town... Yet in 2005, authorities replaced the classic Routemasters with bendy buses that could carry more people and were "safer" because they no longer allowed a hop-on, hop-off system (which required a conductor to check tickets, an additional cost)... But the replacement bus has been a bust. And the city's recently elected mayor has been trying to fulfill his campaign pledge to bring the Routemasters back... A new bus design has been cooked up by Aston Martin . This design brings back the hop-on, hop-off model, while adding wheelchair-accessibility (which is something the old buses sadly lacked)... (Photo: Courtesy Aston Martin)Labels: double-decker buses
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