Talk:Double-decker bus
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[edit] Move to save the Routemaster bus
I know awhile back there was a move to save the Routemaster bus from being phased out by many UK citizens. I think it would be worth a mention in this article. Does anyone have any information on it and think it would be a good addition to the article? Manufracture 02:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Phasing out of London buses: mistake?
Double-decker buses most certainly are not being phased out in London. They are still by far the most common type of bus in north London (where this author lives). I believe this article is mistakenly referring to the phasing out of the traditional "Routemaster" bus.
From MSNBC article http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4316040/ :
- The snub-nosed vehicle, with its characteristic curved lines and hop-on, hop-off rear platform, is being replaced by bigger, boxier double deckers and articulated single-decker "bendy buses."
[edit] Creation
Currently the article says "They were created as a means of carrying large numbers of passengers without exceeding legal limits on vehicle length."
Is this true? The first double deckers were horse drawn [1][2][3] and like stage coaches had passangers on top. But was it to keep withing legal lenght limits, or the best way to keep the weight of the carrage down to maximise the number of passengers the horses could pull?
- The average number in an omnibus at any one time is given as fourteen, and averaging these passengers at ten stone apiece, and throwing in the driver and conductor, we get a ton of live weight, to which we can add the ton and a half which the omnibus weighs, making up two-and-a-half tons for the pair to draw, and thus we arrive at the easily-remembered formula that the London omnibus horse draws a ton and a quarter twelve miles a day. He draws this at the rate of five miles an hour; he is bought when he is five years old; he works five years; he costs 35l. to buy and half-a-sovereign a week to feed; he is sold for a 5l. note; and lastly, and by no means less importantly, 'he is not a horse, but a mare.'[4]
--Philip Baird Shearer 20:38, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Matterobus?
What part of the world names a double-decker bus as a "matterobus"? Frankly this looks like a "joke" or "spoof" term. --TGC55 22:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Google returns with 3 hits. Insignificant I know, but at least the name exists. *shurg* deadkid_dk 02:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- All of those hits are related to "Wiki" sites. I did a Yahoo search and came up with something like 5 hits. All of these are sourced from "Wiki" sites. I think that the word "matterobus" is just a spoof word.--TGC55 14:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree. I've repeated the Google search. The only hits for this word are from Wikipedia or sites that are clearly WP derived. We have been had. Removing reference. -- Chris j wood 09:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
I just found out that my son is responsibl for "matterobus". He tried to use the word in a Scrabble game with his grandpa and was challenged. To "prove" it was a word, he ran to his room, printed out the edited page, and showed it to his grandpa, who didn't know that the articles could be edited. At any rate, I apologize for the whole matterobus. ((Mozartgirl))
[edit] Misrepresentative, to say the least
Why is only London mentioned has having double deckers in common use? Most large cities in the UK also have large numbers of double deckers in their fleets.
Similarly, the list of operators would have to be greatly expanded to include First etc. who run bus services in Edinburgh etc.
Any particular reason for these omissions? Juux 00:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
