Egan: Double-decker buses did poorly in 2007 winter road test

An OC Transpo double-decker performed so poorly during winter testing in 2007 that the driver felt it was unsafe to even continue.
The alarming conclusion is buried in an 189-page report by the National Research Council as the city was evaluating the fitness of the UK-made buses in cold climates. Over time, OC Transpo would buy 133 of the $1-million buses, now the subject of intense scrutiny after a second disastrous crash last week.
“This bus has not yet been deployed into a North America