Would you rather take a packed subway or tour bus to work?
Using a tourist conveyance as proper public transport is a novel post-pandemic adaptation. One U.K. bus company is currently testing a new offering that would ferry Londoners to and from work in some of the city’s 233 roof-less tourist buses.
The goal would be to redeploy the open-topped tourist buses as Covid-safe pop-up transportation for locals, extending the pandemic-era trend of outdoor living to public transport.