Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The bus of the future


The destiny of open travel starts in China: The straddling bus, first exhibited on the 13th Beijing International High-tech Expo in May this year. In the nearby future, the indication is to be put in to commander make use of in Beijings Mentougou District.

Proposed by Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Co., Ltd, the indication looks similar to the transport or light-rail sight bestriding the road. It is 4-4.5 m tall with two levels: passengers board on the top turn while other vehicles revoke than 2 m can go by under. Powered by electricity as well as solar energy, the sight can speed up to 60 km/h carrying 1200-1400 passengers at the time without blocking other vehicles way. Also it costs about 500 million yuan to build the sight as well as the 40-km-long path for it, only 10% of office building homogeneous subway. It is pronounced that the sight can revoke trade jams by 20-30%.
China Hush

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