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The Bus That Rides Above Traffic
An anonymous reader writes "China is the new tech king. They're developing a new, two-lane bus system that travels over traffic below. It's claimed to cost 10% of a subway system and use 30% less energy than current bus technologies." This one has been boggling my brain. I can't see how this is a good idea or safe. But it sure is awesome.
An interesting idea in theory, maybe, if it ran on rails. But as a BUS? No way. How will the driver keep track of vehicles below him? Vehicles in front will be in great danger of being rear-ended by the edges of this thing. And let's say you are brave/stupid enough to drive under it - unless the roads are perfectly straight and level there will be collisions occuring all of the time. Mounting it on rails could alleviate SOME of these problems, but...