London Buses

Classic long exposure shot, by Chic*ka

The Friday Photos: London Buses

There are around 7,500 of them and they’re all red.

This man should be able to ditch his magazine for browsing the web on his laptop before the Olympics. As for the cat... speechless. Image by acb.

Wifi For London Buses By 2012?

Countdown to city-wide wifi…

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Bus Drivers Trained In Conflict Resolution

No matter how surly you think London bus drivers are, dealing with the general public and an unwieldy bendy is enough to drive the most patient soul to distraction. TfL are taking steps to help reduce the number of attacks on bus drivers by giving …

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Extra, Extra

Chinatown is to be bull-dozed. No, not that one. The real one – up near Finchley. Rather complicated good news for south of London train users… …and rather complicated bad news for north and east of London train users this autumn. Careless landlords cost lives: …

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Santa’s Lap: The Sultan’s Elephant

You’d need a strong lap… luckily the good people at the Sultan’s Elephant dot com have reduced the beast to book format; Four Magical Days in May: How an Elephant Won the Heart of a City: The 104-page, full colour book is packed with stunning …

Red Hawk Down

Here at Londonist we’ve never considered driving a bus around London to be an easy job. Navigating the capital on four wheels is bad enough without having to steer a large red dinosaur down streets designed to hold plague carts. Then there are the passengers …