08-02-2010, 07:24 PM
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So Fucking Lame
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Holy shit! How come nobody has thought of this before?
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Instead of spending millions to widen roads, the Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company is developing a "3D Express Coach" (also called a "three-dimensional fast bus") that will allow cars less than 2 meters high to travel underneath the upper level carrying passengers.
China Hush, which has nicknamed the project "Straddling Bus" has details:
The model looks like a subway or light-rail train bestriding the road. It is 4-4.5 m high with two levels: passengers board on the upper level while other vehicles lower than 2 m can go through under. Powered by electricity and solar energy, the bus can speed up to 60 km/h carrying 1200-1400 passengers at a time without blocking other vehicles' way. Also it costs about 500 million yuan to build the bus and a 40-km-long path for it, only 10% of building equivalent subway. It is said that the bus can reduce traffic jams by 20-30%.
According to Engadget, construction of the first 115 miles of track will begin in Beijing's Mentougou district at the end of 2010.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_667452.html
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