Wwooooooooooo!!! Go Boris!!!

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Stu

How long did the Routemasters stay in service? 100 years?

Bring them back!!!

Routemasters were s**t, the only people who liked them hadn't been on modern buses I reckon. The bendy buses were rubbish too of course, that was just mad, but ordinary modern buses do the same job the routemasters did, faster and with more people on. Come to edinburgh and have a go on the LRT fleet to see what a bus service looks like...

Originally Posted by northwind

Routemasters were s**t, the only people who liked them hadn't been on modern buses I reckon. The bendy buses were rubbish too of course, that was just mad, but ordinary modern buses do the same job the routemasters did, faster and with more people on. Come to edinburgh and have a go on the LRT fleet to see what a bus service looks like...

Routemasters had their pros but they also had their cons - grumpy conductors, cold and draughty, hard to move around on while on the move, esp if you had a load of shopping or were elderly, etc. as northy alludes to, nostalgia has a habit of being rose tinted...

from a bus users perspective I really like bendy buses (nicer than double deckers IMO), and from a riding perspective i can work around them - their existance doesn't really bother me tbh. i think while there are a few genuine issues on certain routes/roads, the press just wanted something to get their teeth stuck into on a dull news day. I think I'm right in saying Boris will be scrapping them. To do that immediately is gonna cost a lot of money, which IMO could be better spent elsewhere

and yes, after all is said & done London does have a pretty good bus service. now whether that was Ken's legacy is another matter - he would like to think so, and he has supported the investment - but many would say some of the key improvements were planned and being implemented before he came along

[timwilky]

Give Boris time to prove himself.

Transport Policies. Well London has always been a law unto itself. We live in hope of buses that run after 10:30pm or before 9am. National transport policy has always been made by individuals who think the whole country has the infrastructure London has.


Although I do hope he quickly implements the ride in bus lanes and the rest of the country then follows. BTW, what is a bus lane?. We don't have them round here. Then again we don't have buses

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by northwind

complete tossers- the Guardian

Originally Posted by Ed

And I hope that there will be bloodletting, a leadership challenge,

Is this going to be weapons restricted, or can I bring me axe? Does the head need to be safety wired for scrutineering?

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

Congestion charging, low emissions zone are two things I disagree with - his general far left views. Just can't stand the guy, and he seems to have the economic nous of a bag of peanuts.

Nothing disastrous I s'pose - but then as I say, I don't see how Boris could do worse.

I don't really see how a drunk spacker could do worse, at least that would be random rather than malicious

Hmm, people seem to think he has never been in charge of anything before! I has been MP for Henley for a long time and they seem to like him. Anyway, you can't argue with his policy on bike (bicycle) theft:
"put decoy bicycles throughout Islington and send Navy Seals in through the windows of thieves."

GO BORIS!