David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 10:05:41AM -0000, Recliner wrote:
David Cantrell wrote:
I don't get this antipathy to the Boris buses. I'm a passenger,
frequently. They do their job well, combining the benefits of a normal
double decker with the one benefit of the bendy monstrosities - quick
boarding - without the humungous downsides of the bendies taking up too
much road space and blocking junctions.
They're very heavy, which limits their capacity as does the rear platform
and second staircase

The second staircase helps make boarding quicker. It's a reasonable
trade-off IMO.

Not for long. The proposal is to only allow boarding by the front door. So
the rear staircase will be for exit-only, which makes it an expensive waste
of space.


like the bendies they have double the fare evasion of normal buses

Again, a trade-off against quicker boarding.

An unacceptable one for TfL.