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posted by janrinok on Thursday August 04 2016, @09:51PM   Printer-friendly
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, @10:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:06PM (#384280)

    RTFA

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:42PM (#384286)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:01PM (#384296)

      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

      by Francis (5544) on Friday August 05 2016, @02:22AM (#384355)

      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.