On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:56:30 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
Full refrigerant based air con, as used on buses in the Far East,
would require an extra axle on the NB4L (based on informed comment

Can I take it then that the Boris Bus is very close to being at the weight
limit for 2 axle vehicles?

The NB4L is trying to be a bendy open boarding, double deck, platform
"air con" bus and it doesn't really work on the evidence to date. It's
heavy, the air cooling seems not to work, it doesn't carry 87
passengers (as per TfL's spec) and the conductor guards the open
platform to try to stop people hurting themselves.

Thats what you get when a politician who knows nothing about buses sets
out the brief for a new one. I'm not sure its going to turn out to be quite
the showpiece reminder of his tenure that he thinks it will.

So more powerful fans then )

Possibly but this runs the risk of having to redesign the bus possibly
adding weight or increasing power requirements. That then starts to

I suppose they could always swallow some pride and simply put in opening
windows. Cheap and it works. Though I won't be laying money on it happening.

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On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:56:30 +0100 Paul Corfield
wrote:
The NB4L is trying to be a bendy open boarding, double deck, platform
"air con" bus and it doesn't really work on the evidence to date. It's
heavy, the air cooling seems not to work, it doesn't carry 87
passengers (as per TfL's spec) and the conductor guards the open
platform to try to stop people hurting themselves.

That's what you get when a politician who knows nothing about buses sets
out the brief for a new one. I'm not sure its going to turn out to be
quite
the showpiece reminder of his tenure that he thinks it will.

Exactly the same problem as on the railways then, with the already loathed
IEP trains - which haven't even been built yet.