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[email protected] · June 27th 11, 05:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
02:48:43 on Mon, 27 Jun 2011, remarked:

The Cambridge Guided Bus was also "sold" on the basis of having a
similar trendy looking bendy bus in the fliers - but once it was
approved the promoters backpedalled and said that they never
intended to imply it would have anything other than normal buses.
Yeah, right.

To be fair, that was a change of promoters. Cambridgeshire County
Council have never sold the scheme on the basis of bendy buses.

So who was it produced the documents in question. Weren't they
circulated around the time of the infamous "would you like high
quality transport" questionnaire?

I have to admit I've forgotten who they were. I know it wasn't the County
Council because those other people upset my constituents big time by
proposing various road alterations close to Drummer Street that the County
knew nothing about. They've been anti-guided bus ever since, even though
it will barely affect them if at all. The County denied all knowledge of
the original promoters with bendies and started their own proposals some
time later.

It's still being sold as superior, though, through leather seats and
wifi.

People would probably prefer a more frequent service, especially
off-peak.

YMTTBICPC

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Colin Rosenstiel