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DELEGATES from the bus in try heard some peculiarly I don Transport thoughts one-day seminar on design the urban bus held by Lon Transport and the Design Industries Association, wi NOEL MILLER.
From LT, technical dire Terry Lowe, development di tor Derek Keeler, and c draughtsman Stan Speed their views on their a specialist areas of bus desigr Mr Lowe described the en eering features, which inclu the need for safety, to con with legislation, and the nee be economic in terms of I vehicle life costs. He spoke of need for adequate performE but warned of the dangers of high performance which c( result in knock-on costs in and accident damage be created. He spoke of the nee lighten vehicles to lower fuel costs. He said that one less weight on each of buses would save E1 million year in fuel.
The need—for compon accessibility for ease of main ance, for easy-to-repair vul able zones to aid body rep and for curved corners on ID( to avoid paint wear causec bus washing machines wer( described in the paper wl seemed to describe L Routemaster as the ideal bus Mr Lowe considered alte tive methods of propulsion, concluded that diesel power . the most economic metho( present. He revealed that L still considering experimE with a Stirling external comk tion engine coupled to exis transmission.
Mr Keeler described operational problems associi with different types of buses cluding factors such as boar( times and manoeuvrability pi lems of vehicles with signifi( front and rear body overhang