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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.
additional coverage:
- TechCrunch
- official news agency Xinhua
- Washington Post
- video by Descubre tu Mundo
- video by ELive Now
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(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.