Sentence examples for vanity bus from inspiring English sources
The TSSA calls the project his "Vanity Bus", and claims each costs £1.4m, around five times more than an ordinary bus.
The Labour man has taken the opportunity to bash what he calls Boris Johnson's "vanity projects" - his new bus, the Emirates Air Line cable car that no-one regularly uses - along with fare evasion and alleged waste and duplication at TfL (although Mayorwatch and 853 have reported that according to TfL the cable car has made a small operating surplus).
Pope Francis has avoided the trappings of vanity by choosing to take a bus after his election, carrying his own luggage and admitting that "I don't know how to work a computer".
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
"He has opted for expensive vanity projects with Londoners paying for the most expensive bus in the world while the Tory Mayor refuses cut the fares and invest in better services".
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, said: "If the mayor stopped wasting so much money on his vanity transport projects such as the Thames Cable Car and the ridiculously expensive new bus for London he could easily fund a one-hour bus ticket, cheaper 'early bird fares' and a part-time travelcard".
At least a big white dome, a bus, or even a load of hedges on a bridge are vanity projects that in some way benefit the public.
The bus has long been politically controversial, with critics condemning it as a vanity project and damning its £10m development costs.
Self-promotion and vanity have led to a pool of quote-happy journalists, eager to see their name on the side of a bus.
