We did have double decker buses in the nineteen seventies to the nineteen nineties.
This was how they used to look.
That was before all these flyovers were built in the city.
These double decker buses could not pass under the fly overs with enough safe clearance.
The railway overbridge in Okalipuram area near the City Railway station, prevented the Rajajinagar area from having a double decker bus facility. Road clearance was not enough. So only Jayanagar and Gandhi Bazaar area enjoyed this double decker bus facility.
Then as traffic increased the drivers found it difficult to maneuver and take U Turns.
There was also a ghastly accident in Gandhi Bazaar near Ramakrishna Square when a double decker bus overturned.
The buses were also expensive to maintain, and the ridership was low. It was wasteful using them without a full load of passengers on both upper and lower decks.
I presume that was the reason for giving them up.
But on routes where they need not pass under flyovers or road crossings, they can still be used and the city is thinking of reintroducing them on some routes.
The new double decker buses are likely to be electric.
I wish the project success. I liked traveling in them and would always go to the upper deck even if there was space in the lower deck, during my younger days when I had no two-wheeler of my own.