Boris Watch's Tom has been reading up on the TfL's Surface Transport Panel meeting of 10 November. Managing Director David Brown's report tells us that the field of bidders for the New Bus for London - aka the "21st Century Routemaster" - had just been reduced to two. These, as we now know, are Wrightbus and Alexander Dennis.
Tom notes that many cost, staffing and design uncertainties seem to remain. Where the latter are concerned, I was particularly grabbed by this line from paragraph 2.3:
In addition bidders were asked to consider an option for a two staircase layout for improved passenger flows and quicker boarding and alighting times.
If such a feature were included, what would that mean? Fewer seats? Two ways to exit rather than one? Just asking (I'm a learner, see).
