On Sep 16, 10:51*am, Roy Badami wrote:

On 16/09/10 09:54, Bruce wrote:

Wrightbus have built a mainly plywood mockup at their factory in
Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to test the design of the new "Son of
Routemaster":

http://preview.tinyurl.com/34kgwg3
or:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/h...00/9002737.stm

Just spotted this:

"The final design of the New Bus for London, based on the much-loved
Routemaster was unveiled today by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and
London's Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy."

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15493.aspx

So, out with the BendyBus and in with the HendyBus? ;-)

Hendy was rather more associated with the bringing in of the bendy bus
- some called them 'Hendy bendys' etc. (Worth bearing in mind Hendy
came from a bus background.)

It remains hard to see how this expensive project might proceed given
the lack of money and coming cuts, though now Boris had made up his
mind to try and stick around for another term I guess he might feel
the need to commit to it more firmly. If existing bus services get cut
to pay for this, well...