Boris launches competition for ‘green and clean’ Routemaster

The launch of a design competition to find a 21st successor to the Routemaster bus  has got under way with the organisers seeing the exercise as the perfect opportunity to find new technologies that will lead to a lighter and more fuel efficient urban bus for London.

Speaking at the launch of the competition at the London Transport Museum, mayor Boris Johnson, who pledged to introduce a 21st century Routemaster as part of his successful election campaign earlier this year, called for...

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