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Colin Rosenstiel · October 30th 05, 11:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(David) wrote:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:10 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article .com,
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Air conditioning on bendy-buses? Have I missed something?!

The SEATING capacity on a bendy-bus is less than on a Routemaster
and it weighs almost twice as much. Not a particularly efficient
use of energy, methinks!

What about the muscle-spasm or knocked heads that are inevitably
experienced when bendies go over bumps or around corners?

More to the point, has the 38 as many bendy-buses on it as it had
Routemasters? The 73's frequency is a shadow of it's former RM self.

Waiting for my daily 341 to Waterloo outside Angel station, there seem
to be plenty of 73's. It's bad enough when two arrive together
followed by my bus, I'm not looking forward to tomorrow when the 38's
add to the congestion.

As far as I'm concerned I'm glad there aren't that many 73s on Euston
Road when I'm trying to get from King's Cross to Judd Street on my bike.
They are a total nightmare to pass when stopped.

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Colin Rosenstiel