China's ginormous bus 中國震撼創新: 立體快巴!

China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases and biggest energy consumer. But the country is also thinking in big and bold ways when it comes to how it will reduce pollution and a new plan to build a "straddling bus" is among the boldest space-age schemes yet.

In an effort to go green and relieve congestion without widening roads, the Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company is developing a "3D Express Coach", also known as a "three-dimensional fast bus".

The innovation will allow cars less than 2 meters high to travel underneath the upper level of the vehicle, which will be carrying passengers. According to China Hush, the 6 meter wide 3D Express Coach will be powered by a combination of electricity and solar energy, and will be able to travel up to 60 kilometers per hour carrying some 1200 to 1400 passengers.

The first 115 miles of track is set for construction in Beijing's Mentougou district starting in late 2010. The Chairman of the Huashi Future Parking Equipment company boasts it will take only a year and 500 million yuan, around $73 million, to build the futuristic transportation system.

Seriously, this is the future that China's envisioning: huge friggin' buses engulfing smaller cars on the road. Despite the silly picture and the eccentric "3D Express Coach" branding, this cunning project by Shenzhen Huashi Future Car-Parking Equipment actually makes sense. The idea is to make use of the space between regular-size cars and bridges, thus saving construction costs as well as minimizing congestion impact by allowing cars to drive underneath these jumbo buses. Fancy hitching a ride? You better start planning your move to Beijing's Mentougou district, which is where Huashi will commence building its first 186km of track at year's end. For now, enjoy the Chinese demo video after the break (translation text at source link).

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[greaterchinaforum]

@iamjaspar

1, 2, 3. 我相信輪胎會用鋼造, 上下 2 輪扣著軌道, 不會輕易翻倒.

4. 會有後備和持續供電系統.

5. 會擴闊現有的道路, 新建的會預闊很多.

6. 正常情況紅燈小車要停快巴也要停, 向右的綠燈開了快巴轉右而小車仍在停, 可能是小車要去的方向不同.

7. 此種情況不會設站.

8. 多出口是方便逃生.

9. 到時會減少很多大巴小巴, 當然會減了很多碳排放啦.

[iamjaspar]

@greenguard2468  首先多謝你對我的批評,但你可能對我的意見有一點誤解,我提出的­問題當然是讓我自己或是大家對快巴有更多的了解,是出於更加了解­的心態,並非針對批評.

中國近數十年發展極快,做成了不少環保問題,所以我極度欣賞"快­巴"的設計,所以我提出各種問題.完全不代表我要害中國.

有時要懂得提問,有不明白的地方就要提問.這才是積極的學習方式­,是更有利於問題的化解,捉進雙方的交流.

謝謝

中國人上

[Fish88048]

这个巴士会不会遮挡小轿车看到信号灯？

[temloc2]

不管是不实际，我看到的时候还是震撼了下，赞一个。

[MrKin137]

On9

[petruspiwosz84]

Why dont you make exact copy of NEW LONDON BUS ? It will be cheaper, safer and based on well thought project. Chinese ingeneers are quite good at copying everything they see (probably they are also copies of other ingeneers from BMW, Mercedes etc. )

[nne9966]

BRT夠鳥了~立體快巴~這殺小?

[bigfatdick5000]

What if those cars benneath the bus crashes into the walls of the bus, wouldn't this disrupts the bus or causes dangerous tilt over?

[speed256x256]

あぶねぇなぁｗｗｗさすが中国ｗｗｗ

[313Cerberus]

FUCK CHINA!

[proxxnba]

oO

[sunnyarky]

@sunnyarky 反正在中國 共產黨說了算 做幾個小小的試驗 應該不是太大的問題