It is double-decker nostalgia for Mumbai as the BEST undertaking is planning to slowly phase out its fleet of 120 out-of-use double-decker buses, and has lined up 10-12 of them for disposal.

However, in a bid to preserve the city's heritage, a BEST committee member has suggested that the buses could be used to ply tourists or be converted into public toilets. In a report in this paper, experts gave suggestions on what could be done with the buses.