bb21
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Just like what happened previously. The high cost of such vehicles will mean little interest from other regions unless subsidised by the government.
Most London buses are "too old" after about ten years, and cascaded to "the provinces" where we have abandoned hope of regularly buying decent quantities of *new* buses in most towns/ cities.
I understand that in Greater Manchester, both First and Stagecoach have invested in fleets of new (and more "environmentally friendly") double-decker buses.
I see that Boris "Boris" Johnson has called for a referendum over the EU. Pity he couldn't have had one to let the People decide whether they wanted to see millions spent on developing a New Bus for London.
I see that Boris "Boris" Johnson has called for a referendum over the EU. Pity he couldn't have had one to let the People decide whether they wanted to see millions spent on developing a New Bus for London.
Didn't he put the New Bus for London is his manifesto?
You cannot have a referendum for everything anyone does! The Boris Bus project did however receive loads of attention in debates and the media, so you cannot argue it was hidden away in the back pages of a manifesto somewhere.They put all sorts of things in manifestos, but how often do people painstakingly go through the manifesto to check whether they approve of every single Pledge or Promise? People usually just decide to vote for whoever comes over best on TV, don't they. I very much doubt whether the promise of the NB f L was the factor that decided many.
Even if he did, in his defence, he didn't get rid of them, he ensured they still ran, on the heritage sections of route 8 and route 15. The Routemasters were ghastly buses to ride on as a passenger IMO, but iconic.Anyway, did Ken promise to scrap the RM? Didn't he, in fact, say just the opposite ("Anyone who wants to get rid of Routemasters muct be a ghastly dehumanised moron")?
Even if he did, in his defence, he didn't get rid of them, he ensured they still ran, on the heritage sections of route 8 and route 15. The Routemasters were ghastly buses to ride on as a passenger IMO, but iconic.
They put all sorts of things in manifestos, but how often do people painstakingly go through the manifesto to check whether they approve of every single Pledge or Promise? People usually just decide to vote for whoever comes over best on TV, don't they. I very much doubt whether the promise of the NB f L was the factor that decided many. Anyway, did Ken promise to scrap the RM? Didn't he, in fact, say just the opposite ("Anyone who wants to get rid of Routemasters muct be a ghastly dehumanised moron")?
They put all sorts of things in manifestos, but how often do people painstakingly go through the manifesto to check whether they approve of every single Pledge or Promise?
Theres also a Government grant so the bus companies arent making all the investment themselves.
Indeed. Without government grant money, the order size for the rest of the country was miniscule, and had been cut back further at the onset of the financial crisis.
Hybrid technology is still at its infancy, compared to other proven technology such as trolleybuses. It might have a bright future, but it is still a big "if".