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Old May 18th 10, 10:45 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Final design for the "New Bus for London" (aka BorisBus / new Routemaster) unveiled

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:02:05AM +0200, Neil Williams wrote:

I think it is to a Routemaster what a new Mini is to an old one. It
could never have been as small as a real Routemaster, as it couldn't
have been made accessible enough. And while Routemasters are quite
fun, there is a bit of a lack of legroom for us taller passengers.


I'm 6'3" and never noticed this supposed lack of legroom on
Routemasters. I notice it all the time on modern buses though - I
suppose the difference is that the RM's seat backs had a bit of give in
them instead of being made of hard plastic shells, and so I could sit
without crushing my kneecaps.

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