On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:02:28 +0100
"Recliner" wrote:
Mr Johnson said: "These writhing whales of the road have swung their
hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time."

Yes, because the obvious enviromental way to go is replace N bendy buses
with N*2 normal buses to maintain the same service. Twice as many engines,
not to mention twice as many drivers required, less easy to access for
pushchairs and disabled people and assuming the single deckers he's mentioned
replacing them with are the single door at the front variety it take a shed
load longer for people to board.

Genius decision Boris. Perhaps we should go back to steam trains on the
underground while you're at it?

He said the new buses will emit less CO2 than the bendy buses, which

Less per bus, but I suspect when you add up the total service it'll be
somewhat more.

will be sent back "to their spiritual home, an airfield in the Midlands"
next week.

Ie perfectly servicable vehicles are about to be mothballed for no good
reason other than a bunch of whining idiot cyclists and a grandstanding
politician.

Transport for London (TfL) said it would cost an extra £12m per year to
replace the vehicles.

However, a spokeswoman said: "We would expect to see an increase in
revenue of about £5m per annum thanks to a reduction in fare evasion on
these routes."

Yeah , right. At a quid a pop on the buses are they serious suggesting there
were 5 million fare evasions on bendy bus routes along every year?? What a
load of horse****.

B2003