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China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 24 2016, @09:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-for-a-rethink dept.

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China's once-celebrated Traffic Elevated Bus (TEB) (reported here) has been left abandoned in the middle of a Hebei city road, not having moved once in over two months. Originally touted as the futuristic solution to urban traffic jams, the "straddling bus" is currently causing them.

A local reporter recently checked up on "the future of public transportation" at its testing site in Qinhuangdao, only to find it forgotten in a rusted garage, covered in dust. The bus is currently being looked after by a pair of old security guards who reluctantly admit that they've been forgotten about as well.

http://shanghaiist.com/2016/12/05/straddling_bus_abandoned.php

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Type44Q on Saturday December 24 2016, @10:50PM

    by Type44Q (4347) on Saturday December 24 2016, @10:50PM (#445672)

    But put in a different context, and you'll likely be frozen with fear.

    Just like driving next to a huge tandem-trailer semi; in other words, not at all.

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  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Sunday December 25 2016, @12:08AM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Sunday December 25 2016, @12:08AM (#445689)

    Ever seen a blow-out on a semi? Many bikers refer to the area beside a semi as the "death zone".