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Boris Johnson is an opportunist, he'll believe in anything you want if there's a vote in it. He spunked couple hundred million on replacing bendy buses ahead of
by willyt 14y ago
Boris Johnson is an opportunist, he'll believe in anything you want if there's a vote in it. He spunked couple hundred million on replacing bendy buses ahead of the renewal cycle because it made good headlines.
- archangel_one 14y agoPretty much nobody but Ken Livingstone liked the bendy buses. Boris has a lot of faults, but criticising him for listening to his constituents seems a bit rough.
- willyt 14y agoYes but the fiscally prudent thing to do would have been to wait 4-5 years for them to need replacement then replace them with something else. They were just unpopular and prone to fare dodging not dangerous. There were a few reports of cyclists being killed, but for that money. You could have saved more lives by, say, installing platform edge doors in busy tube stations. Edit: And I dont think it was ever conclusivly shown that they actually killed more cyclists per mile than normal buses.