In Barcelona, TMB have recently announced a redesign of their bus
network. As many will know much of the city is laid-out on a grid
pattern and correspondingly the new network is to have a large number
of horizontal (Hnn), vertical (Vnn) and diagonal (Dnn) routes, and
this new network is to be introduced in phases, along with changes to
those existing routes that will remain. The first of the H routes,
along the Gran Via, is to get a number of double-articulated buses. I
wonder what Boris would think of that?

Now, the core of the much larger London bus network is quite historic.
A number of train operators have come round to the idea of a complete
recast of routes and times, often the first for 40 years. My question
is would London's buses benefit from a clean sheet? Ignoring for the
moment the complications introduced by tendering, would this be a good
thing on the streets? Ideas please.

Richard.