Welcome back the Routemaster double decker bus

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 2 January, 2009 to the design and art subset

Unfortunately designs for an ultra sleek “Welcome Back” double decker bus, based on the old Routemaster buses that used to wind through the streets of London, didn’t make the cut in a recent design contest.
based on the iconic routemaster the ‘welcome back’ bus would use hybrid diesel-electric drive-train and regenerative braking system to keep weight [...]

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Why do buses travel in threes, or groups, or bunches?

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 20 November, 2008 to the comment subset

Fantastic, a mathematically devised determination that throws light on the age old enigma:
Without getting really long-winded (!) about this, there’s a common theme to most of what I’ve said, and that is: If the model you build in the scheduling department doesn’t match (as closely as possible to) what you’ve got on the street, then [...]

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Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus

Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 26 January, 2008 to the comment subset

Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus.
Buses travel in packs. It’s a universal constant. So if you’ve just missed a pack of buses that were meant to be travelling 20 minutes apart, what should you do? Wait for another bus-pack, or walk to your destination?
Scott Kominers, a mathematician at Harvard University, and his [...]

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All-new Cadillac will cut out carbon emissions - and driver

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 11 January, 2008 to the comment subset

All-new Cadillac will cut out carbon emissions - and driver.
A Cadillac that doesn’t need a driver? Where’s the fun in that?
Luxury car brand Cadillac could soon be ditching its 1950s finned glamour for a futuristic identity: that of a hydrogen-powered car which drives itself.

Think I’ll stick to (my) Mercedes. Did I mention that (some) Sydney [...]

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