Chinese bus to glide above traffic

Subject: Chinese bus to glide above traffic Fri May 27, 2016 11:26 pm

Could the solution to China's urban gridlock be a flying bus?

Chinese bus to glide above traffic 1464314507879

A model for a giant, elevated bus was presented over the weekend at the Beijing International High-Tech Expo, though it was not the first time that what has been called a "straddling bus" had been proposed. The bus first made an appearance at the Beijing expo in 2010, but doubts about the project led to the cancellation of a trial run.

Six years later, Song Youzhou, the designer of the bus, says that prototypes are being constructed. In an interview this week, he said that five Chinese cities — Nanyang, Qinhuangdao, Shenyang, Tianjin and Zhoukou — have signed contracts with his Batie Technology Development Co. for pilot projects that will involve the construction of hundreds of miles of tracks starting this year.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/chinese-bus-to-glide-above-traffic-20160526-gp50nd.html

Chinese bus to glide above traffic

Chinese bus to glide above traffic

Anarcho-Capitalist Categorical Imperatives

AnCaps In Science, Technology & Environment