For eld China’sbeen toy with the ideaof building a massive bus that straddles multiple lane of elevator car to move commuters without create a traffic deal . To escort , it ’s only existed as fancy computer renders and animations . Butstarting today a real - life edition start out testingin Qinhuangdao , China .
World ’s first transit elevated bus , TEB-1 on its launching test Tuesday in Qinhuangdao , N China ’s Hebeipic.twitter.com/yMepYWD1kD
— China Xinhua News ( @XHNews)August 2 , 2016
The first working edition of the straddle bus is n’t quite quick to wield the tight street of Qinhuangdao yet . For testing purpose , the bus is limited to a 300 meter long cut , with circumscribed turns and dealings challenges . But it ’s the first stair towards something like this actually kick the bucket into full service one daytime .
If the bus does end up being spry enough to handle a broad variety of street and traffic atmospheric condition , it could one day contain upwardly of 1,200 passengers at speeds of close to 40 miles per hour . These are ambitious goal , for sure . But adding a fleet of these motorbus to a crowded city centre would be hundred of millions of buck cheaper than preface new subway system or elevated train to facilitate still over-crowding .
[ Xinhua News AgencyviaShanghaiist ]
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