Quick spin in a Routemaster

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Lot's of press plaudits over the weekend for BoJo's new Routemaster designs.

In Saturday's Independent Michael Williams wrote that the retro vehicles dreamt up by Aston Martin and Lord Foster were 'just the ticket' for these troubled times.

Funny how BoJo's PR people failed to mention that the mayor has simultaneously canned two major rail-based schemes - the Camden - Brixton tram and the DLR extension to Dagenham.

It's the train wot takes the pain!

Frankenstein bus?

So Boris wants to come out with a brand-new bus design not provided by the market.

He wants it to be lighter than anything on the market, with innovative drive characteristics.

And he wants it to be specified by the public sector, rather than people who know how to build buses.

Holy smoke - it's a rubber wheeled IEP !

Routemaster replacement

This from Tom over at Boriswatch:

"Boris has got his vanity project!

"Are the DfT really going to be left in the sidings by the blond bus bandit?

"Poop! Poop!"