"The Commission's policy in relation to Routemaster buses on Heritage
routes derives from recent changes made to disability discrimination
law. These changes require TfL to ensure that all its buses are fully
accessible by 2017. During the interview Mr Edwards did no more than
express disappointment that the very significant progress which TfL
had already made in replacing inaccessible buses (well ahead of the
statutory timetable) had not gone a bit further. Furthermore, he
correctly stated the legal position: if TfL continue to run
Routemasters beyond 2017 then any disabled person who is not able to
access a bus of that sort will have a cause of action in the county
court. I cannot see how Mr Edwards can be criticized for stating in
plain terms what the law is and what the consequences might be if TfL
ignore it. But I reiterate: the Commission is emphatically not saying
that all Routemasters must be withdrawn immediately. There is no legal
basis for such a policy position. The really serious point in all
this is that TfL have invested a very substantial amount of capital
expenditure to make travelling for disabled people so much easier. We
applaud that because of the transforming effect it has had and will
continue to have on disabled people's lives. We may have a slight
quibble with TfL about the remaining Routemasters but this does not
disguise the fact that we are delighted with the huge progress already
made which surpasses anything being done in the transport field in any
other part of the country."

Are these Routemasters actually going to be made 'illegal' - given the
fact there is an accessible alternative? What if they make sure a RM and
a 'Modern' bus run together in tandem?

If/when these heritage routes are withdrawn, people will surely be at a
disadvantage, - TfL aren't going to replace what were the RM diagrams
with modern bus ones.
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