Scheduled to hit the streets by 2012, the final design for London’s “new Routemaster bus” has been unveiled, and whilst we’re unsure what has happened to the Foster + Partners / Aston Martin design that originally won Boris Johnson’s 2008 competition, we do know that more than a little has been ‘borrowed’ from said design in this version – a collaboration between Transport of London, Wrightbus and Heatherwick Studio (they of Shanghai Expo UK Pavilion fame)…..

London's New Routemaster Bus Design
London's New Routemaster Bus Design