New London double decker
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Re: New London double decker
Don't forget that deckers in any form wont work in Sydney. I will say that despite what Borris Johnson has used as his main leaverage in getting rid of the Mercedes Artics, I suspect that if they had ordered B12 Volvos, or for that matter any chassis with a decent power unit the artics would be staying in London for a while yet. The new DD design is certainly an exciting concept.
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Re: New London double decker
The issue in London wasn't the chassis, but the bus. The perception (which having lived in London for 4 years until Jan 2011) was they clogged the streets and fare evasion was rife.On Air wrote:Don't forget that deckers in any form wont work in Sydney. I will say that despite what Borris Johnson has used as his main leaverage in getting rid of the Mercedes Artics, I suspect that if they had ordered B12 Volvos, or for that matter any chassis with a decent power unit the artics would be staying in London for a while yet. The new DD design is certainly an exciting concept.
So the whole campaign was 100% about getting rid of bendies not Mercs. Oddly the Borismaster is apparently going to be operated using an all doors boarding policy, with the rear door open when a conductor is present or closed and opened at stops when not present. The conductor won't be roving or doing any fare collection or checking duties. So we have a bus that will require at times an extra body, but with a boarding policy the same as the artics. Go figure.