tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6763767863806228350..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Cripes Chaps, My Bus Is In Trouble Again!Tim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-85494892828935960862012-09-14T18:23:17.306+01:002012-09-14T18:23:17.306+01:00Surely public services should be run for the benef...Surely public services should be run for the benefit of the public, not for private profit? Or is that heresy in these post-Thatcher times? <br /><br />I prefer the name "RouteBastard".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-17125189173163288412012-09-14T16:12:45.689+01:002012-09-14T16:12:45.689+01:00I'm not indicating a preference for one kind o...I'm not indicating a preference for one kind of bus over another.Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-26347462988939834432012-09-14T15:09:49.275+01:002012-09-14T15:09:49.275+01:00sounds like a load of tosh --- Routemasters were d...sounds like a load of tosh --- Routemasters were designed by London Transport and were fit for purpose unlike the hybrids you seem to prefer which are hot, cumbersome and uncomfortable not dissimilar to wheeled greenhouses. There was a ready market for pensioned off Routemasters too as far as I can recall. An economy of scale applied. Conductors will presumably make bus use safer -- granted more expensive. An easy solution would be to end the involvement of the private sector in London buses and trains -- I seem to recall it worked well. I find the service offered by private operators haphazard at best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com