{"id":1624,"date":"2010-05-17T12:48:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2010-05-17T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:48:20","slug":"londons-new-double-decker-bus-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/londons-new-double-decker-bus-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s new double-decker bus announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-bus.jpg\" alt=\"London's new double-decker bus announced\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loved the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/brixton\/history\/routemaster1.html\" target=\"_blank\">old Routemaster bus<\/a>, with its handy rear platform for jumping on and off quickly, and Boris Johnson&#8217;s decision to reintroduce an updated version was one of the very few things I liked about him.<\/p>\n<p>The GLA have just released a video showing off the new design and it looks pretty damn good:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TWckXHojurM&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a listing of the new design features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extensive use of glass to highlight key features and produce a light  and airy feel inside the bus<\/li>\n<li>A glass &#8216;swoop&#8217; at the rear and offside to pick out the two  staircases<\/li>\n<li>An open platform at the rear, shared with the Routemaster of old,  which can be closed off at quiet times and which allows the  reinstatement of a hop-on hop-off service<\/li>\n<li>Three doors and two staircases for smoother, speedier boarding and  access to the upper deck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CuV_FLsmYEQ&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/priorities\/transport\/new-bus-london\" target=\"_blank\">More info here<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved the old Routemaster bus, with its handy rear platform for jumping on and off quickly, and Boris Johnson&#8217;s decision to reintroduce an updated version was one of the &hellip; 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