(13 Mar 2022, 7:45 am)MurdnunoC wrote Nope.
The biggest reason why they were unsuccessful is because they were averaging around 5 miles per gallon in fuel costs making them uneconomical to run when compared with other vehicle types.
Your rationale for London doesn't really hold much water either as most vehicles are dual-door thus making it more susceptible to fare evaders. Not saying it doesn't happen, but it's unlikely a massive problem as you claim.
It was quite a big problem down there, reported that the avoidance was nearly double on a bendy bus vs a conventional decker down there
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/....transport
That was more a London perspective rather than up here though. They're just awful things anywhere, I'm not sure how true the artic reference is anyway I'm not aware of it being said anywhere recently.