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on Thursday August 04 2016, @09:51PM
from the don't-knock-it-till-you've-tried-it dept.
from the don't-knock-it-till-you've-tried-it dept.
previously: Straddle Bus 'Eats' Cars As it Speeds Down the Highway
Shanghaiist reports that an example of the TEB-1 (Transit Elevated Bus) has been built and has been tested on a 300 m track. The bus is of an unusual design: 7.8 m wide, its wheels rest both sides of a road, with the main part of the body high above street level so that other traffic can pass beneath. It is electrically powered. Passengers enter and leave via raised platforms. Its capacity is variously reported as 300 or 1200 passengers.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:00PM
The turning radius on that must be crap. It will probably only be good for use on specially designed highways. Although maybe it would be cost-effective to provide alternate tracks just for tight curves and then leave it on the road for all the straight aways.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:06PM
RTFA
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:42PM
Which one? There is no mention of turning radius in the shanghaiist article, which is itself barely more than a bunch of pictures.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:01PM
Fair enough! I read about this yesterday or day before, the article there had more details, specifically the bus will only run on special grooved tracks. Still pretty dangerous, but not nearly as bad. Like a cheaper train system that doesn't affect existing traffic so much.
Time will tell if it works out.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Friday August 05 2016, @02:22AM
I assumed that it wouldn't turn. But, then again, none of the Chinese cities I've been too have roads that are actually straight as they've mostly evolved over centuries and are rather oddly laid out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:58PM
It is not a BUS, but an electric trolley or train. It is riding on rails!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:23PM
What's your point? That doesn't have anything to do with the turning radius. It is intended to be retro-fitted to freeways as a cheap alternative to building subways.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 05 2016, @01:28AM
What's yours? Freeways do not have tight corners. Neither does trains or trolleys.
Bigger question is how on and off ramps work. Also if there is breakdown on the side does this super trolley have a cow-catcher ?
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday August 05 2016, @12:43AM
Double decking the road without building additional road (though, the elevated platforms are some construction effort.
It could be useful in some high traffic routes, but it's not a complete point to point solution - more like a slow rail system, without having to dig a tunnel.
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