...buggies for a long time but let's just say I agree with your comments. The problem with the new Routemaster design is that it is low floor, wider (the aisle would be accessible by buggies) and would have ... the proposal then stop dwell times would become extended compared to an old Routemaster which would worsen the case for the bus overall as they'd be ...

...s the issue. I like Routemasters but their time is gone...extremely doubtful that any replacement Routemaster would be allowed to have...matter what is shown on Autocar's sketches. I doubt it...poor accident record of the Routemaster. Any before anyone screams about...trolleybus days rather than the Routemaster era. What could address some...The problem with the new Routemaster design is that it is...

.../1/hi/england/london/7149722.stm Autocar magazine (somewhat bizarrely) asked bus design...up with a concept design for a new Routemaster-type bus. It's...I was leafing through the updated Routemaster book by Ken Blacker. The article...a viable proposition is questionable - the Autocar article claims it "might be ... manufacturer would develop this bus design independently because they felt it ...

.../hi/england/london/7149722.stm Autocar magazine (somewhat bizarrely) asked bus...with a concept design for a new Routemaster-type bus. It...been put up on the Autocar website, and it's less...for yourself here: http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars...viable proposition is questionable - the Autocar article claims it "might be...associates him with the popular Routemaster in the minds of the...

... old-fashioned and space-wasting half cab design. That was out of date when the Routemaster was new (the ...cab was really dated when the first Routemasters were introduced. The first rear-engined double-... the same time as the first production Routemasters, so perhaps four years after the .... So the layout of the Routemaster was undoubtedly traditional, but at least when...

... cab design. That was out of date when the Routemaster was new (...> really dated when the first Routemasters were introduced. The first rear-engined ...same time as the first production Routemasters, so perhaps four years after the...be a valid criticism of the Routemaster body if being reconsidered. And remember...My main criticism was of the Autocar "Routemaster of the Future" for perpetuating...

...-fashioned and space-wasting half cab design. That was out of date when the Routemaster was new (the trolleybuses they replaced had ... was really dated when the first Routemasters were introduced. The first rear-engined ... same time as the first production Routemasters, so perhaps four years after the ... adopt. So the layout of the Routemaster was undoubtedly traditional, but at least ...

... to travel on (again this may be a 25 specific problem) and having a member of staff on board who isn't locked away in a booth at the front would reassure many. My version of a new RM would be an oyster-only bus, with an entrance barrier and an exit barrier with oyster readers, on the wide, low open platform. There would be automatic fail-to-move to stop hangers-on, and yes, a ...

... odd exception with the Red Arrow routes but Harlesden, Peckham, New Cross, Camberwell, Dalston, Hackney, Islington, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, ... areas. I can recall Evening Standard headlines saying how Routemaster routes like the 36, 38 and 73 were mobile drug ... the newspaper selling potential of pretending to be the Routemaster's Saviour (just weeks before they were finally withdrawn). ...

...that's the issue. I like Routemasters but their time is gone. ...> on reviving an old bus design. Well there's the cost ... the basic problem is the Routemaster has several features that a)... stops that were placed for Routemasters or the narrows built into ... that make people want the Routemaster back. Yes there's nostalgia ... the battles occurring on the Routemaster because it was clear they ...