The new Routemaster bus commissioned by Boris Johnson may run on biofuel made from recycled cooking oil from restaurants and canteens.
However,
Reintroducing the Routemaster to London's bus lanes could add to the "significant" financial challenges facing the capital, an independent report has warned, raising further doubts over one of mayor Boris Johnson's main policies.
"The mayor made a manifesto commitment to deliver a new bus for London, and TfL is well on the way to delivering it. TfL's Business Plan includes funding for the design and development of the new bus for London, which will go into service from 2012."
The former head of Volvo's UK bus operation has described the policy as a "non-starter" while some estimates have priced each new bus at £250,000 – more than the much-criticised bendy buses that they are supposed to replace.
Val Shawcross, the Labour assembly member and deputy chair of the assembly transport committee, said "We all understand that the TfL budget is tight and it is a silly vanity project to be pursuing an open-backed bus."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...temaster-buses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Routemaster