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Chinese Traffic-Slaying ‘Straddling Bus’ is nothing more than a big scam
- neelkadia 10y ago404
- dalke 10y ago200 for me.
- dbuxton 10y agoI originally got a 404, if you do too try https://www.evernote.com/shard/s2/sh/7a071c3c-5665-47c0-a49c-7c62286b4887/6b9be2f0176b303d097f98fde6db3d02 https://www.evernote.com/shard/s2/sh/7a071c3c-5665-47c0-a49c...
- sweezyjeezy 10y ago'Scam' is sensationalist. It's much earlier in development than was implied, but from this article it seems like it's a real product in development.
- snaky 10y ago> Global Times and Sina have both claimed that the TEB is a fraudulent peer to peer (P2P) investment project aimed at scamming investors
- justinhj 10y agoThe government is cracking down on p2p investment because let's face it, that kind of model would have tremendous power in China with such a huge population that is also already comfortable spending money on their phones. The fact that they have a working prototype makes it clearly more than a scam unless it's an extremely elaborate one.
- snaky 10y agoIt's not a working prototype. > the test run just 300 meters long and completely failed to mimic real-life traffic conditions It looks like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
- koolba 10y agoI can't wait for the video of one of these straddling buses trying to pass another one while a third supersized one straddles the two of them
- m_eiman 10y agoSounds like a reference to the ship-shipping shipping ship shipping shipping-ships: http://i.imgur.com/29EcG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/29EcG.jpg
- dingaling 10y agoThose are actually barges...
- m_eiman 10y ago"the cargo consists of 3 ferries and 18 (river) cargo ships" according to Reddit. A bunch of interesting comments at https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/143rsy/a_ship_shipping_ships/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/143rsy/a_ship_shippin...
- snaky 10y agoThey should invent bus-monad transformer.
- nerdponx 10y agoSounds like something out of Speed Racer
- imaginenore 10y agoI'd like to see it make a simple right turn.
- snaky 10y agohttp://shanghaiist.com/2016/07/22/impossible_u_turn_bus.php http://shanghaiist.com/2016/07/22/impossible_u_turn_bus.php
- zhte415 10y agoI think this is feasible in concept and the right built-up environment, and a lot cheaper than susbways / elevated rail(s). But, about providing context: * It is a very common occurance for 'Chinese Traffic' (nice pun) to ridicule any idea. The consencus commentary can turn on a dime and be quite vicious. * That the Global Times, the English language tabloid government mouthpiece paper turn on the project suggests the wrong stakeholders were brought on-board to make this work, or they weren't senior enough. The alternative scenario: That this goes against key national development goals, or pet projects senior-enough officials have an interest or thumb in the pie of, get displaced. Of course, the ultimate alternative, which is quite simple and feasible today: dedicated bus lanes at peak traffic times of the day, or all day. If you choose to drive, you know there's congestion. Don't punish others else for over-proportional use of the road: size of a car. A bus lane in my city in China typically sees 2-15 buses per minute. That's a lot of people.
- snaky 10y ago> I think this is feasible in concept and the right built-up environment It need a rails. No car higher than 2.1 meters can ride under this - despite the fact 4.5 meters is standard on Chinese roads. How could it be feasible?
- amelius 10y agoYes, it needs tracks for the bus. It also needs guardrails for the cars, to prevent them from hitting the wheels of the bus. Also, where cars enter the road, there needs to be a gate which ensures cars do not exceed the maximum height. With those three things in place, it seems like a very viable concept.
- snaky 10y agoSo it would need all the infrastructure that regular train needs, but would be slower, many times more expensive, and being non-stop havoc and rage to the roads. What a progress indeed.