The London Bus: Heatherwick, Maps, and Apps

The new London Boris bus made it’s public debut on route 38 this morning in an eventful and not entirely wrinkle-free outing. It was stalked through the streets by a ven­er­able old route­m­aster car­rying pro­testers against the recent fare increases which con­tinue London’s fine tra­di­tion of being one of the most expensive cap­ital cities for public trans­port.
The bus itself looks spiffing; Thomas Heatherwick has done a ter­rific job of bal­an­cing the con­flicting require­ments and yet pro­duced an iconic vehicle which seems to have met near-complete approval. Did notice a lot of con­dens­a­tion, though, pos­sibly from hyper­vent­il­ating LT staff.
I will write more about the bus, Heatherwicks’s recent lec­ture, and bus stuff in gen­eral, when I get back…