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Buses: no room at the kerb

John Dales find that getting more buses into our city centres can be like fitting a quart into a pint pot

16 January 2009
Articulated buses: more space needed but less dwell time. Deal or no deal?
Articulated buses: more space needed but less dwell time. Deal or no deal?
Street clutter? Also known as footway congestion at bus stops
Street clutter? Also known as footway congestion at bus stops
A decade later and are we nearly there yet? Let’s be honest...
A decade later and are we nearly there yet? Let’s be honest...

 

On New Year’s Day I took a very pleasant walk with friends along our local canal. As it doubtless does whenever you’re on similar outings, the conversation turned to what the blazes the Mayor of London is playing at with the scrapping of articulated buses and the 21st century Routemaster project. Alongside talk of the alleged £3m per year wastage of binning the bendies, we mulled over what exactly London’s artics have done to offend Mr Johnson and his...

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