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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: 2) by frojack on Friday August 05 2016, @04:52PM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday August 05 2016, @04:52PM (#384533) Journal

    Its pretty clear this thing will require special custom built highways with hardened shoulders, car exclusion barriers, pedestrian fencing, etc.

    So given that, its no different than any other mass transit project down freeway corridors. It will be disruptive, require massive rebuilds, total redesigns of on and off ramps etc. And in the end it is only suitable for short distance runs, in reciprocating service (to the airport and back, and only one vehicle at a time).

    In short its destined to be another Seattle Monorail; a specialized one time installation, never to be repeated, extended, and maybe used as a tourist trap. (Seattle built an extensive surface lite-rail system and still runs the monorail as a tourist destination).

    Meanwhile a rail link down the center median, (elevated or not) can and has been implemented all over the world, for far less money, and far less disruption, and can operate trains (in both directions) without impact to all other highway transport modes.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Saturday August 06 2016, @11:19AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Saturday August 06 2016, @11:19AM (#384739)

    Ah, yes, the Monorail.

    As many times as I have been to Seattle (I live on the other side of the state, Spokane) I have never ridden it, but I certainly remember the spectacular promises that were supposed to be realized by it. And the dismal failure it became...

    Yeah, I realize the complexity and chaos any large construction project can be. I have traveled every major road to every major city in the country, as well as thousands of minor roads and towns. Chicago rebuilt its major freeway through the city, L.A. added some rail service, NYC is always under construction. Reroutes, both temporary and permanent, are a fact of life for large vehicle operators. In that aspect only, large traffic will be the least of their concerns, as it's just a fact of life to the drivers.

    Chicago has a lot of train median train links, and expansions of the that system are less disruptive than many other rail expansions I had to route around (L.A. I'm lookin' at you!). Of course, being that it's the Chinese, they may just insanely expand it just to say they did it, regardless of how disruptive or popular it is. If Seattle's monorail had been built in Beijing, it would likely of been constructed across the entire city. Who knows, they might just pull this off, it went from concept to working model in quite short order. They should try the Hyperloop! Bet they'd have a working one in a decade!

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    • (Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Saturday August 06 2016, @11:22AM

      by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Saturday August 06 2016, @11:22AM (#384740)

      "train median train links,"

      Honestly, I did preview.
      Unfortunately, I ran by the weed store on my way home.

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