China has unveiled a futuristic ‘straddling bus’ that’s capable of driving over other cars stuck inward nightmarish traffic jams which has popular off a notoriety inward many Chinese cities. When a video of a mini model of the then called Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) gliding over cars on the route hitting the network inward belatedly May this yr , it caused neat excitement. What was only a concept has forthwith popular off reality inward exactly 2 months.
The paradigm that was deployed on the streets of the north-eastern metropolis of Qinhuangdao , most 300km due east of Beijing , ran along a 300m-long strip of controlled track. The autobus spans the width of 2 traffic lanes , in addition to rides along 2 tracks put on the edges of the 2 lanes attaining speeds upwards to 60kmph. The overall acme of the autobus is most 4.8 meters , piece the clearance underneath is most 2 meters , allowing cars to comfortably transcend nether it. The Transit Elevated Bus tin rate the sack non exclusively avoid traffic congestion , but too bring down it since a lot of jams are caused past times regular buses loading in addition to unloading at autobus stops.
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Sources: Wikipedia / Treehugger / BBC