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ho hum ... a short pre-prepared item posted at 1am ... this suggests to me that DG is off somewhere for the weekend ... looking forward to finding out where
Yes, no other city comes close indeed. We're clearly very lucky. I'm voting for Turnpike Lane Station, what do you mean it's not there? Interesting to see Trafalgar Square 'pedestrianisation' on the list. This project seemed like a real turning point. NBL though?
What about the new style of temporary bus stop introduced in the late 90s / early 2000s which didn't seem to do the trick, so TfL reverted back to the traditional lollipop. Not that you see many of those these days either. Stops get closed and a sign tells you to walk to the next one.

However the current style of bus stop, again I think introduced around that time, has got to be the best in the world. A uniform look, clearly telling you it's a bus stop, direction of travel, name of stop, sturdy construction, room for multiple timetables/maps, often with a location marker which corresponds to maps inside stations, supermarkets etc. You only have to travel to other countries or even the provinces to see how poor other bus stops are - often a piece of metal with a map attached.
It'll probably be won by whichever object is the most recent that the public can remember.

I note that not only do we have the original tube map, but also the mess of the night tube version with its near invisible tube lines - perhaps there should be a style over substance category.
On the London Transport Museum page...

Design enthusiasts can indulge their passion with a special London by Design Pass which allows two daytime visits to the Museum in Covent Garden, entry to designjunction on 24 to 27 September and the Design Uncovered event at the Museum’s Acton Depot in West London from 11 September until 23 November 2015. This combined ticket costs just £20.00.
Oddly I was thinking just the other day of the bus stop signs they used to have in London in the 1960s, which I always used to think of as something of a design classic. They were a reddish concrete casting with stone chips, with up to three coloured markers at the top to denote what kind of stop it was.
They were simply a 'nice shape'
The roundel logo for "TBD" is a perfect example of poor design - lettering too large and badly spaced. No wonder the LU Heritage Manager wants nothing to do with this event!
S Stock? Design Icon? Having a laugh? Most if not all "Design Icons" are associated with LT, not TFL.
Where are the green cab shelters or don't they qualify?? The Wapping Thames Tunnels are in there which TfL have inherited, so why not these?
I reckon it will be Roundel vs Routemaster vs Beck map for the win.

For the record I have voted for the Man Ray poster which adorns my bedroom wall (sadly not the original)










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