On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:37:20 +0000, Graham J wrote:

So these low floor buses might be more
accessible in terms of boarded and alighting but the same considerations can
greatly reduce the number of usable seats for many and add several new
dangers. Indeed on some of the double decker low floor buses there are only
about four seats that are really suitable for many people.

I've yet to see a two-doored low-floor double-decker with a sensible
layout. You can just about fit a sensible number of seats in a
single-doored standard length vehicle, but this slows boarding/alighting
too much.

Better would be to make the vehicles longer to give enough
space on the lower deck. Having two staircases and the main exit door
right at the back (stepped) would also be worthy of consideration.

Neil