A double-decked shame
There has been much consternation in London over the retiring of the last of the Routemaster buses, which have plied the streets for decades.
Of course, Diamond Geezer is all over it.
We had a similar (but smaller) lamentationwhen they took the redbirds off the NYC subway, but it was more muted because the new trains were obviously better, with automated sinage, better lighting and modern climate control. London has replaced the Routemasters with articulated "bendy" buses, which take longer to get through traffic and don't offer the nice view from the top level. One wonders if TfL could have introduced new buses actually liked by riders that would have prevented all this hand-wringing.
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rj3 | 10:29 AM |
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