On 2010\12\02 09:35, George wrote:

Yes Crystal Palace was bad, I used to live just off Anerley Hill in my
childhood years and recall buses doing a three point turn at the foot
of the hill because they couldn't get up it. Certainly the 358 was
curtailed at Penge yesterday.

In fairness I think most operators did as well as could be reasonably
expected.

How many hills are there in London that give buses trouble in cold
weather? Why don't we relocate facilities that produce heat to the road
surface of these hills, and then rebuild the road on the roof of the
facilities? I mean power stations, transformers, kitchens etc that
produce heat as a by-product rather than deliberately producing heat for
the sake of it. You could insulate most of the roof and just leave four
metal strips for the tyres.