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     • Following an open design competition in 2008, Wrightbus was awarded the contract to build the bus at the end of 2009, and the final design was announced in May 2010.
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   Who designed the 'Boris bus'?

   • The “Boris Bus” - officially the New Bus For London, or NB4L - was commissioned by Johnson as a replacement for the iconic Routemaster. It was designed by award-winning Thomas Heatherwick who was also responsible for the London 2012 Olympic cauldron. The first batch of a 1,000 new buses arrived in London from a Northern Ireland factory in 2012.

   Mayor signals the end of London’s Boris Bus in new mission to clean-u…

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   Do 'Boris buses' really exist?

   • Like the Garden Bridge, these mobile vanity slabs — which came to be known, with sickly predictability, as 'Boris Buses' — racked up way more cost for the taxpayer than initially promised. (At least, I suppose, unlike the Garden Bridge, the New Routemasters do actually exist.)

   The Calamitous New Routemasters Tell You Everything You ... - Londonist

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   Why are 'Boris buses' so expensive?

   • In fact, these buses were designed for Londoners about as much as Johnson's calamitous Garden Bridge was designed for Londoners: they weren't. Like the Garden Bridge, these mobile vanity slabs — which came to be known, with sickly predictability, as 'Boris Buses' — racked up way more cost for the taxpayer than initially promised.

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   Will London get 600 new 'Boris' buses?

   • "London to get 600 new 'Boris buses' – but taxpayers will foot the £160m bill". Metro News. Retrieved 13 November 2013. ^ "600 new buses by 2016". Transport for London. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2013. ^ Curtis, Martin (2014). New Bus for London: The Inside Story. Kendal: Nostalgia Road Publications. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-908347-30-5.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › New_RoutemasterNew Routemaster - Wikipedia

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   The New Routemaster, originally referred to as the New Bus for London and colloquially as the Borismaster or Boris Bus, is a low-floor diesel double-decker bus operated in London, England.

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   May 8, 2024 · It was designed by award-winning Thomas Heatherwick who was also responsible for the London 2012 Olympic cauldron. The first batch of a 1,000 new buses arrived in London from a...

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6. londonist.com › london › transportThe Calamitous New Routemasters Tell You Everything You Need ...

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   Jan 26, 2022 · Boris Johnson: not exactly a man who can be trusted when it comes to buses and the truth. Original images: Shutterstock. Earlier this year, as he was stepping off the back of a New Routemaster, a ...

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7. www.timeout.com › london › newsLondon’s ‘Boris Buses’ Will Be Taken Off the Capital’s Roads ...

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   May 12, 2024 · The fleet was designed by Thomas Heatherwick, who was also the designer behind the London 2012 Olympic cauldron. But the buses soon faced criticism after passengers complained of unbearable...

8. curlytales.com › london-to-phase-out-boris-busesLondon To Phase Out 'Boris Buses' After 12 Years, To Give Way ...

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   May 13, 2024 · Designed by award-winning architect Thomas Heatherwick, the NB4L boasted a sleeker aesthetic and improved accessibility features. Criticism plagued the buses from the outset. Their higher operating costs and complex design compared to standard double-deckers raised eyebrows.

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10. www.nytimes.com › 2012/02/06 › artsLooking Back While Looking Ahead - The New York Times

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    Feb 5, 2012 · The Boris Bus checks the first box, because its role model was truly special, thanks to the Routemaster’s chief designer Douglas Scott and design engineer Albert Arthur Durrant.

11. citymonitor.ai › transport › bus-designed-people-who"A bus designed for people who never take ... - City Monitor

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    Nov 12, 2015 · The New Bus for London is a modern take on the old Routemaster, and like its predecessor, its most prominent feature is the open platform at the back which allows passengers to jump on and off at will. The design is popularly, and inevitably, known as the Boris Bus, but it goes by other, more disparaging, names, too. The Bloat Bus. The Roastmaster.