What's the big idea?

Here's a great idea to an ongoing problem for cities (well, two problems – congestion and pollution). Designer Hugh Frost’s answer is the Freight*BUS, an innovative design that combines a passenger-carrying bus with that of freight haulage (a system called 'On-Route').

When used as a bus it can carry 43 more passengers than a bendy-bus but takes up 20% less road space. It can convert in seconds to carry freight, the suspended seats simply fold out of the way to allow 34 standard pallets when the bus is not in service.

Submitted to Transport for London (TfL)’s ‘A New Bus for London’ competition, which Mayor of London Boris Johnson launched earlier this year. Although the Freight*BUS was not the final winner of the competition, Hugh is looking to take his idea to the next level and create a prototype.

Check out www.onroutebus.co.uk for more details.