lockmat Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 What about this for Houston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 The part of the video where the train goes right and there are no cars underneath it that want to go left makes me laugh. I think that this thing is a terrible solution for Houston or, frankly, just about anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 The problem with that is assuming that ALL cars have very low clearances, which they don't. I'm not even talking about trucks, every car shown is a compact or sub-compact. Even mini-vans won't do it. I get the concept, the Double decker buses usually have high clearances and can get away with it because they maximize the space given so unless something like a <12' railroad underpass decapitates the bus, but they also maximize the space so the clearance is enough for passengers and the bus innards, not enough so a whole normal car can go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 they must have some good weed in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 How tall would the inside of this bus (really at this point it's a train) have to be for there to be no car clearance problems? the route it goes on would for sure have to be clear of any tall obstacles (no low underpasses) or the rails would have to elevate or dip the road. My problem with this is it's just so huge I'm not sure where you could fit it in Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Interesting that this video started making the rounds again. A buddy of mine shared it to my facebook about three years ago. But yeah, definitely has some issues in the design and would only work on busy streets without overhead obstacles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodToBeMe Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 11:17 AM, samagon said: they must have some good weed in China. It's fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 It's not fake. http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/08/chinas-futuristic-straddling-bus-is-finally-here/494102/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29 Quote They actually did it. China has built the much-anticipated straddling bus—not the tiny model engineers showed off in May, but the real thing. According to the China’s official news agency Xinhua, it was taken for its first test drive on Tuesday in the northeastern city of Qinhuangdao, in the Hebei province. This is crazy that they actually built it. It's more a fancy elevated train than a bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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