On Tue, 20 May 2008, Mark Brader wrote:

Mark Brader:
What I haven't heard about is the status of the
*other* double-deckers, the ones operated only by a driver.

Martin Rich:
As others have already said, one-person double-deckers remain the
commonest type in London.

Thanks to Martin and others who have explained this.

One effect of the insistence on low-floor buses, whcih have really
only been the norm for double-deckers for the last ten years or so...

The "low-floor" buses we're now getting in Toronto are only low-floor
for about 2/3 of the bus, including both doors. To ride in the back
of the bus you have to climb two steps.

Same here. At least, on the 210 i rode yesterday. It's low-floor
throughout, except for the rearmost bay, where there are two rows of seats
facing each other which are up two steps (er, and the top deck). The seats
in front of the high-floor section are also a step up to the side from the
main low floor. Those seats and the rearward-facing seats sit on top of
the wheel arch. I like sitting right at the back, because i can prop my
feet up on the wheel arch (not the seat, of course!).

tom

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