Posted September 13, 201311 yr This thing is fantastic. http://inhabitat.com/land-airbus-straddling-bus-as-the-future-of-public-transportation-in-the-city/
September 13, 201311 yr There's a ton of questions I would ask, the first is if you're traveling in a car underneath that thing, how do you know your surroundings and how do you handle if the bus wants to turn, but the car is going straight, or vice versa. I imagine there's some signaling that goes on. Never mind. FInally saw the video on my phone. It's more rail-like, operating in center lanes. Still, what a great great concept. I really like it.
September 13, 201311 yr When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone landed an A330 on a highway.... Cool concept tho.
September 13, 201311 yr When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone landed an A330 on a highway.... I had the same thought!
September 13, 201311 yr When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone landed an A330 on a highway.... Cool concept tho. Same here, lol
September 13, 201311 yr It's like an elevated railway where the vehicle, not the right of way, is elevated. But I wonder how this works with heavy snowfalls filling the "track" or if cyclists can ride near the track?? They must really hard-up for adding capacity to major thoroughfares! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 14, 201311 yr ^ I do feel like it could cause distractions/accidents. You are driving and then out of nowhere a vehicle speeds right over you.
September 14, 201311 yr ^ I do feel like it could cause distractions/accidents. You are driving and then out of nowhere a vehicle speeds right over you. Horsemen in the 1800s probably had the same concerns about elevated railways which, initially, were all powered by steam locomotives. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 14, 201311 yr ^ I do feel like it could cause distractions/accidents. You are driving and then out of nowhere a vehicle speeds right over you. Horsemen in the 1800s probably had the same concerns about elevated railways which, initially, were all powered by steam locomotives. And look what happened to them, they all crashed and died. That is the story about why we no longer have horsemen. ;)
September 17, 201311 yr Horsemen hated the car too since it could make horses lose their minds. There was a law somewhere at one time where the minute a driver saw a horseman on the road he immediately had to pull over and camouflage his car with brush or burlap sacks to avoid spooking the horse.
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