Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Bendy Buses reprieved - at least until 2015

Londonist is reporting that the replacement of London's articulated buses is to be deferred until 2015.

http://londonist.com/2009/06/bendy_buses_-_demise_deferred.php

As I've pointed out before, this was always to be expected, as the cost of replacing the buses with sufficient drivers and vehicles was too high. This presumably means that the money spent on the Boris' new Routemaster was also wasted.

If Boris doesn't succeed in winning a second term, that will probably end the saga of the new RMs and the current bendy-buses and their like will be with us for a long time to come.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on December 22, 2011 at 10:54

I certainly don't believe much the BBC puts out on this subject.. Do you?

Are you still so naive not to believe it's journalists aren't biased or push political viewpoints in their output?

The competition in the media world ensures that very often they just speculate on things people want to read/hear..

I read, see and detect much more hysteria on the subject from British sources than from others. I wonder why?

Permalink Reply by StephenBln on December 10, 2011 at 10:49

Thank You Matt .. I'll frame that and bring it out in another conversation sometime.. when you are not so happy with me..

BTW, what I was trying to illustrate with above photos and videos is that London has totally given itself over to the car.. Street Markings, railings all give preference to the car /road traffic.

It's time for residents, pedestrians, shoppers to take back the streets and have the 'right of way' again.. The best means of getting around in big cities is by public transport and that must become the priority.

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Permalink Reply by matt on December 10, 2011 at 11:06

Absolutely. Power to the people.

Here's a picture frame;

Re your your tram videos, yes I see your point re the narrow streets. I like trams.

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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on December 10, 2011 at 12:10

its not just parents with buggies who will miss out

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Permalink Reply by maggie on December 10, 2011 at 17:35

TW I was just about to post this link but you beat me to it. This is so sad, life is hard for many people and getting tougher.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on December 10, 2011 at 17:54

Here in Berlin, where we often have much harsher winters than London, the Senate ensures that once there are minus temperatures, the transport authority leave at least four underground stations (N, S, E & W) open all through the night during the week.

At weekends all transport runs 24h so all stations are open anyway for the homeless to use to sleep in the relative warm.

Many however, prefer their freedom and some freeze every year from sleeping in the open. Help organisations do scour the regular haunts of the homeless during extreme weather rounding up 'the strays' but some still do die..

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Permalink Reply by 2thfh47dr63xg on December 23, 2011 at 14:13

At least the no 29 has become a double decker. Last time I took it, I counted a majority of passengers NOT touching in. Apparently losing bendy buses will save £7million in lost fares. The 29 wasn't known as the free bus for nothing. That's why they want to phase them out, though they won't say so...

Peter

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on December 23, 2011 at 15:06

Bah, how many new Borismasters can you get for that?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on December 23, 2011 at 15:54

The equation seems pretty simple to me. Since the end of the 29 bendy I have not once managed to get a seat and frequently can't find anywhere to stand where I'm not being crushed to death. On the bendies I could at least breath. As a few people have pointed out, the way to deal with fair evasion would have been to have a conductor but as the bendies were Ken's idea it seems that Boris wasn't interested in making them a success.