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Where have we got to with the Mayor of London's extremely generous competition to design a new London bus? In December the 2 winning designs were announced, and the contract to build, test and commission a prototype was recently advertised. Unfortunately for the mayor, Arriva and Metroline have put a lot of double-decker Enviro-400 buses out in London. One striking features of the mayor's winning designs is their curviness. Well the Enviro-400 is pretty curvey too, and since most people won't care much beyond the visual impact of the new routemaster should it ever hit the road, the whole thing looks a little irrelevant.