On 27/02/2015 16:28, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:09:32 on Fri, 27 Feb
2015, Mizter T remarked:
Regarding the schemes eponymous nickname, Bozza said "If anyone still
persists in calling them 'Boris bikes' rather than Santander I will
change my name to Santander Johnson."

I expect the name could be as long lived as :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisha_beacon

or even:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_boot

Any older offerings with a vague transport connection?

William Baker, of Baker Street - partial (and unwitting) contributor to
the Bakerloo line name. Started laying out the street in 1755:

http://blackcablondon.net/2012/08/08/baker-street-part-one-tubes-beatles-lost-property/

Perhaps fortuitous that the flashing beacons accompanying zebra
crossings took the second part of Leslie's double-barrelled surname,
rather than the first.