AEC Routemaster, London

A Routemaster on route 159 crosses Cockspur Street on 9 December 2005, the day London's last regular Routemaster route ended. The design first carried passengers in February 1956, and 2,876 were built. Its open rear platform let riders hop on and off between stops, with a conductor aboard to collect fares, and that freedom is a large part of why it became the city's emblem.