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Tim Roll-Pickering · June 27th 11, 01:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote:

There were attacks on the buses before Bojo's campaign. Part of it is down
to London exceptionalism, especially as the bendies coincided with the
phasing out of the Routemaster, but also the buses were never terribly
well
sold to portions of the public who have to use them.

Why do you need to "sell" a bus? People will know if they like it as soon
as they use it.

Yes and in the case of the bendy there was a lot of dislike. But you need to
sell some of the basics - in particular insufficient was done to convince
both customers and fare dodgers that they weren't a "free bus". On the 25 it
was very rare to encounter ticket inspections at least east of Mile End - so
rare that even when fare dodgers were caught they were still overall better
off.