On Dec 9, 11:53*am, wrote:
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 03:36:03 -0800 (PST)

Paul wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16091997

Interestingly, the BBC article gives the impression that all bendy
buses are being replaced by the Borismaster.

"...But Transport for All, which speaks for older and disabled
transport users, said TfL was "nuts" to scrap the vehicles, especially
as their new Routemaster-style replacements had only "a tiny

TfL didn't have a choice in the matter, they do what Berty "Boris" Wooster
tells them. Dumping these buses is one of the worst examples of political
dogma over common sense I've seen in recent years. As for Boris's fatuous
reason of fare dodging - isn't he putting conductors in his new buses for
exactly the same reason? Why couldn't he have put them in the bendy buses?

B2003

Getting these unsuitable buses in the first place was the worst
example of political dogma over common sense that I've ever seen.

I mean FOUR bendy bus routes converging on Victoria, wasn't going to
cause problems was it??

The fare dodging issue is anything but fatuous!