The design is funky and fit for the 21st century, but I'm still split on what could be termed Boris'
legacy project. There are several problems with this project, principally surrounding the issue that they are replacing bendy-buses, which while not appropriate for all of London's organic streets are better than old/new Routemasters and double-deckers. Costs need to be controlled and not used as an excuse to divert from say extensions to the DLR or tram network.
Then again it could become London's 21st century transport icon for which London seems to have a knack of creating (tube trains, double decker routemasters, black cabs, etc...) in abundance over the decades.